Nechama Leah earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). She performed violin with the CSUS Symphony Orchestra and taught violin with the University’s String Project, where she learned pedagogy under Master Teacher Judy Bossuat. As a classically trained singer, Nechama Leah has performed in many operatic and musical theater roles, choral groups, and jobs as a soloist. Being multi-passionate, she also studied Ballet, Jazz, and Modern dance at the college level and was a principal dancer with Sacramento-based Red Bucket Dance Theatre company for two seasons.
In 2017, Nechama Leah picked up her life and made aliyah to Israel, and she is grateful to now call Jerusalem her home. She is passionate about using music as a tool to develop confidence, critical and creative thinking, and to instill valuable life skills in her students. Her teaching style emphasizes learning proper technique, tone production, musicality and performance style while having fun. She teaches private music lessons in both violin and voice, and a Modern Dance class at JCPA. Genres offered: Classical violin, Pop/Jazz voice, Opera/Classical, Musical Theater, Traditional/Religious music, and music-reading skills.