Kalae

Kalae Miles was born and raised in Waimanalo on the island of Oahu. Quickly finding his musical voice by age 9, he performed with the Honolulu Boys Choir, Keiki Music School and The Hawaii Children's Opera Chorus. The years that followed found Kalae competing in talent shows and song contests, winning 1st place in the Hilton Hawaiian Village song contest, the Morning Musicale competition and NATS, while top ranking in many others. College began Kalae’s formal studies initially pursuing opera, while also enrolling in Hawaiian Language, studies and Hula. These studies lead him to complete submersion in Hawaiian music and his native culture. During these years Kalae also toured internationally to Korea, Japan, Italy and Okinawa and performed with the Hawai’i Opera Theater, the Diamond Head Theater and the Paliku Theater.Finishing college at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa, Kalae was gifted by Hawai’i’s State Foundation of Culture and the Arts to study falsetto with one of Hawai’i’s most respected falsetto singers Richard Ho’opi’i, eventually becoming Richard’s honorary protégé. A subsequent mentorship that followed, Kalae studied voice and ‘ukulele under Kahauanu Lake, one of Hawai’i’s most internationally loved progressive Hawaiian musician/composers. Their relationship continues still. Returning his gifts to nurture and support Hawaiian culture, Kalae has and continues to teach at a Hawaiian Language Immersion School, Ke Kula Kaiapuni 'O Anuenue, while also conducting workshops on Hawaiian music, language and dance for students of all ages.Currently Kalae is planning a national tour in support of his debut album release on ‘Aumakua Records entitled “Ho’opono”. A record that has been anticipated for years, shares with the listener traditional, contemporary and original Hawaiian mele or songs about Hawai’i and his world experiences. In the spirit of “Reaching the globe through music that touches every heart”, Kalae is sure to be received as an asset to both the Hawaiian culture also the world.