Hydeus Kiatta, singer, songwriter and my lovely love fought as hard as she could with Stage 4 Colon Cancer. She now has wings to soar and match the peaks of her beautiful voice.

"It is 3:50am Nov 8, 2006 and my precious love is dancing and singing with angels"
Click here for words from LeRoy
and her mother Shirley"

Update 7-18-07
 Update 2-25 07
Click here for Cancer funraiser inspired by Hydeus



Thank you to all who came to enjoy the concert and sent their love, prayers and support

Click Picture above for an interview with Hydeus

The Benefit Concert for Hydeus Kiatta was a great success!

On the very same evening as the concert, multi-grammy winning artist Dianne Reeves performed over in Europe and dedicated her concert to Hydeus.


Click Trojan above for an article in the USC Daily Trojan



For those of you who were unable to attend and would still like to contribute please feel free.  

Suggested Donation $25
Future monies will be set aside to for a foundation in Hydeus' honor
The love and prayers you send are greatly appreciated!



Click pictures of  Hydeus above for video

This was a concert to celebrate the beautiful spirit, life and strong will that Hydeus had to create peace and love through music.
Photos from the USC Benefit Concert

Performers included


Frank Potenza, Carl Saunders, Pat Kelly, Anne Farnsworth
Kristin Korb, Tierney Sutton, Kathleen Grace

Bobby Wilmore, Dwight Trible, Sean McGowen, ELF, Gabriel Allegria
Tish Oney, Lauandrea Leguia, Eilena Williams, Janis Mann, Debra Penberthy

and more musicians, singers and USC students participated as well!

Special Thanks to

Kristin Korb who got the ball rolling in a big way!!!!!


Ron McCurdy, Shelly Berg, John Clayton, Alan Pasqua

Alphonso Johnson, Aaron Serfaty, David Arnay, Terry Dickens,
Roger and Lynn Crane, Billy Paul,
Matt Falker, Tamir Hendelman, Nicholas Bearde
Brick Wahl, Michael Heilpern, Ray Slater

Support Staff:

Lika Dozier, Jeffrey deCaen, Gabriel Alegria, Lee Ann Wright

 


Patrick Johnson is my friend and a wonderful artist who blessed us with a portrait of Hydeus he painted in just one day!

Click pictures above to see his artwork and the portrait of Hydeus




Listen to and experience the music of Hydeus Kiatta
www.myspace.com/Hydeus

 


This is the journey of my beautiful love
Hydeus Kiatta
  

After many months of feeling poorly, vocalist Hydeus Kiatta, at age 32 (now 34), was diagnosed with colon cancer with metastasis to her liver.  In late May 2004, she had colo-rectal surgery at LAC+USC Hospital in Los Angeles to remove the tumor in her colon.  She had recoved well from surgery and had begun chemotherapy which started on July 8th..  After six months of chemotherapy, she had surgery on her liver to hopefully remove the liver lesions that were present. Through it all she has maintained a positive attitude and always looks forward to being well again.
 
Hydeus began graduate school in August at University of Southern California, in Jazz studies, with an emphasis on performance and composition.  She had planned on continuing the jazz studies program in the fall, but just recently, she has had to withdraw from all of her classes due to a turn for the worst in her health.  Her employers--LA Philharmonic and the Park's Department where she taught music lessons-- have been very supportive and held her position in the event that she would return to work.

 
 
We are asking for you to always remember, love, and honor the music, spirit and angelic soul of a woman that many of us all hold so close to our hearts.

 
We are in the process of setting up a foundation that will contribute musical instruments and education for children with cancer in honor of our dear Hydeus


Click to listen to "Fasinating Rhythm"

We encourage you to involve your entire family and pass the information on to your family and friends and any other lovers of music with a personal note from you about this wonderful singer and beautiful spirit.
 


  The miracle is that we all had the opportunity to know and love the precious spirit of this marvelous woman. If you did not know Hydeus, please listen to her videos, listen to her music and realize that this world has been blessed to have her.
 
You can donate with a credit card by clicking on the "Make a Donation" button above or mail a check to:
 
HK Relief Fund
c/o Tom and Shirley Kiatta
22370 Ortega Drive
Salinas, CA 93908
 

 
We would like encourage you to leave a public message. Please click "Leave Comment" below. We can no longer read these messages to her but her spirit and soul will feel your love



Thank you all for your support.
Love, LeRoy Downs and The Kiatta Family