Welcome Helane Marie Anderson!

First Pres community, please give a warm welcome to our new Children’s Music Director, Helane Marie Anderson! You can learn more about her below, or see her this coming Sunday during children’s time:

 

“Helane Marie Anderson sings like an angel, taking you into the celestial world with her voice.”

– LA Yoga Magazine

Helane Marie Anderson is a multi-layered musician & composer, singer, pianist, harpist, producer and multi-instrumentalist.  Her unique style of working with sound blends her years of studying healing modalities with contemporary music & sound healing. Helane is currently a featured sound meditation producer & artist for Apple Fitness +/ Platoon releasing more than 15 sound meditations in 2023-2024 available on all streaming platforms. Also in 2024, she co-produced and released an album of original songs and mantras entitled “Listen to the Trees” featuring 9 singles and 2 remixes, The Summit FM stated they “loved the music from the album and found it completely original – there’s else nothing like it!”

On Helane’s live performance, The San Francisco Classical Voice called the experience “remarkable” and continued, “the crystalline nature of Anderson’s voice — phased and overlaid with various instruments — was truly transcendent as tones layered on tones.“ She has been a featured sound healing artist leading workshops at renowned studios including The Mindry, the Olandar Foundation (Malibu),  InsightLA Meditation, Soulplay Yoga, DisclosureFest and many more throughout the Los Angeles area.  As a key member of the group Sonic Devas, she has performed at St. John’s Cathedral, BhaktiFest, The Center SF, The Portal, in Marin County, Yoga Soup in Santa Barbara and more.

On the wellness front, Helane is the best-selling author of You Are Meant to Sing! 10 Steps to Unlock Your Inner Voice,  a transformational voice coach,   certified Craniosacral Therapist & bodyworker, sound healer, yoga instructor, and teacher. She has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music for the past 14 years  and was previously Artistic Administrator at the Los Angeles Philharmonic where she produced concerts at both Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. Helane holds a Master of Arts degree from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Salem College. She also holds a certification in Sound Healing & Sound Therapy from the Globe Institute in San Francisco. Helane teaches her own courses in Sound Healing and Vocal Alchemy through her business Sacral Sounds which she founded in 2014.