Marla Leigh

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    • HEALING BEATS SERIES: Rhythm, Ritual & Drumming in 7-Beats (beginner-friendly!)
    • TAKAPA: Online Course: “Drumming Practices for Meditation & Chanting”
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    • Frame Drum 101, 202 & 303: Signature Online Programs (Doors open May 28, 2025)
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      • (Concert) Drum Tonic – Meditative World Music Experience
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      • RHYTHMJUJU FLOW – Live Music for Yoga
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      • Tof Miriam Shabbatons
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      • (Concert) – Songs of the Tof Miriam
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    • METRONOME PRACTICE TIPS (19 min video training)
    • FRAME DRUMS ON THE GO…  How to travel (safely) with your frame drums
    • Miriam the Prophetess and her “Tof Miriam” drum
    • Beginner’s Guide to the Frame Drum
    • DRUM YOURSELF WELL
    • 3 EASY WAYS TO SHARE DRUMMING IN YOUR COMMUNITY
    • I feel; therefore I am: The Art of Music Improvisation
    • THE FRAME DRUM & THE DIVINE FEMININE LINEAGE
    • 4 WAYS DRUMMING CAN IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH!
    • “PURPLE HAZE” Demo – New 12″ Frame Drum by Cooperman!
    • 4 WAYS TO PRACTICE WHEN YOU CAN NOT PLAY IN YOUR HOME!!
    • RIVER RHYTHMS: Exploring the 3 Playing Styles with a 28″ Frame Drum!
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      • “Rhythms of Tof Miriam” – Debut Album Reviews
      • Frame Drum Academy Testimonials!
    • Videos
      • “Rhythms of Tof Miriam” – Official Music Video
      • “Miriam’s Well” – Official Music Video
      • “Longing” – Official Music Video
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Jewish Programs

 

Marla_TofMiriam_HeaderThe frame drum or ‘Tof Miriam (also called “timbrel”), originated in the ancient Middle East more than three thousand years ago. Miriam, sister of Aaron and Moses, was the archetype of the female prophet.

TOF MIRIAM DRUMMING and dancing was the climactic moment of the first Passover, celebrating the crossing of the Sea of Reeds and the escape of the Israelites from Pharaoh and his chariots.

Playing the Tof Miriam drum occured in  religious and spiritual rituals, and also special events such as weddings, and welcoming and bidding farewell to the Sabbath.  This culture vanished almost completely from the Jewish culture since the destruction of the second Holy Temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD by the Roman emperor Titus Flavius.

It is prophesied that at the time of the coming of the Messiah, Miriam will once again dance and drum before the righteous. We don’t have to wait until then!  Marla Leigh Goldstein,  (who’s Hebrew name at birth was “Miriam”),  a world-renowned specialist in the Tof Miriam and one of two Jewish specialists in the world for this instrument – will create a unforgettable educational and fun program designed especially for YOUR Synagogue or Jewish institution.


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Marla with Cantor Marcelo, Malibu Synagogue,

Programs Offered:

 

*PROGRAM #1 :SHABBATON WEEKEND PROGRAMS

*PROGRAM #2 : WORKSHOP & RESIDENCY  JEWISH MUSIC &  WELLNESS PROGRAMS

 

*PROGRAM #3: JEWISH INSPIRED MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC CONCERT & EVENT MUSIC

 

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Watch

Marla’s Shabbaton Program Video –
(Recorded @ Central Synagogue of Nassau County, April 2014)

MARLA’S SHABBATON PROGRAM PDF HERE

JEwish PDF FINAL

 

Marla accompanying Cantor David Berger, Oseh Shalom

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