Renée Benmeleh | Culturist at Culture Vitale

About Renée

Renée Benmeleh is the founder of Sound Nourishment and a dynamic facilitator with over 20 years of experience in world music, vocal performance, and community ritual. She holds a B.A. in Vocal Performance from Mills College and a certification in Sound, Voice, and Music Healing from the California Institute of Integral Studies.
Renée’s musical path spans jazz, vocal improvisation, East Indian Raga, Middle Eastern vocals and percussion, African and Afro-Brazilian rhythms, and more. A skilled multi-instrumentalist and drum circle facilitator, she has led transformative musical experiences for children, adults of all ages, corporations, institutions, private events, healing circles, families, and teams since 2001.
She has performed with The Orpheus World Music Ensemble, Project Vox, and is currently performing with the Sound Medicine team led by Pollyanna Bush, alongside members of Bobby McFerrin’s vocal ensemble Motion and other renowned musicians.
Renée was mentored by Peruvian ancestral sound healer Tito La Rosa and has facilitated ritual through song for over two decades in both the Lakota-Sioux ceremonial tradition and the Jewish Renewal community.

Please inquire for an Artist Resume.

*Please note: I can offer both interactive and passive experiences. Please visit website for more info.

VIDEO/AUDIO LINKS:
Sound Nourishment Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP8EUEqlKRI
Jamming with Bobby McFerrin and Motion: https://youtu.be/krS-y6-dBj8?si=I7CixWUg43wc1
Hut Facilitating Circle Singing at OneVoice CircleSingers: https://youtube.com/shorts/6dxqEWKv2ZM?si=XNJMc_X8q5pB1SfZ
Caged Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQwJxlqPDYI
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/renee_benmeleh
Orpheus World Music Ensemble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ie9ggIxDL0

Expertise

Focus

CultureWellbeing

Sessions

Interactive

Facilitation

Yes - Interactive

Speaking

Available

Background

Corporate Experience

Moderate

Past Clients

Google, UCSF, Kaiser Permanente, JCCSF, National Organization of Arts in Health, Torah of Awakening, Women Advocates Rising, Biodanza, Ruth's Table, Stagebridge, OneVoice CircleSingers, G-Fest.

Certifications & Credentials

Cert. in Sound, Voice, Music and Healing from California Institute of Integral Health.
Member of the National Organization for Arts in Health.
UOF Arts in Health Research Primer.
(please request a copy of my resume for more details)
I hold liability insurance.

Availability

Schedule

WeekdaysWeeknightsWeekends

Travel

Hello, I have facilitated events all over the Bay Area and in Austin with Google. I am open to travel anywhere depending on the opportunity and ROI for accommodations. I am fluent in Spanish so that creates many options though much of my work can be conveyed without speaking a word!

Renée's Offerings

Workshop

Circle Singing and Collaborative Vocal Improvisation Facilitator

Circle Singing is an activity for people of any level of musical experience where small groups support the whole through singing repeated themes and others may improvise over…

30 – 120 min10 – 200 ppl

Workshop

Arts in Health

Arts in Health Mindfulness based integrative musical experiences, in person or virtually, for staff or patients in the field of Arts in Health.Arts in Health is an interdisciplinary…

30 – 120 min10 – 200 ppl