Melita Silberstein is a singer/songwriter, music specialist for young children, sound healer, cantorial soloist, and ceremonial song-leader based out of Berkeley, CA. She is the founding member of Octopretzel, a popular Bay Area band for kids, and has recorded and co-produced a number of albums in the realms of singer-songwriter contemporary folk, spiritual/medicine music, and childrens’ music as well. She holds a degree in eco-psychology and mystical Judaism from the Naropa Institute, and also a certification in early childhood education.
Melita has worked as a music specialist for young children for over two decades. She currently teaches music classes in schools, libraries, and other venues for families in the Bay Area. She has worked extensively in the Jewish community, leading Shabbat services for people of all ages, and songleading at B’nai Mitzvahs, weddings and other life cycle events. She recently created and directed the young children’s program at the Earth-based Judaism organization, Wilderness Torah.
She has received training in an array of teaching modalities including Waldorf, Music Together, Orff Schulwerk, and Yoga for Kids. She has also extensively studied the healing modalities of sound, Reiki and energy medicine. Melita also co-founded the girls’ rites of passage program Gaia Girls Passages.
Melita believes in the power of “soul tending” those who experience her music, and through her songs – whether in prayer spaces, ceremony, or music circles – she seeks to bring through a transmission of healing, transformation, inspiration and joy.
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