Maya Zebley is a researcher, lecturer, consultant board certified music therapist who holds a Master degree in Music Therapy from the University of the Pacific (UOP), a Bachelor degree in songwriting from Berklee College of Music and completed her music therapy equivalency program at California State University, Northridge.
Mrs. Zebley's Master's thesis focused on the role of music while coping with cancer and has presented her research at professional conferences. She is serving as the advisor for the Western Region American Music Therapy Association Student Affair Advisory Board. Her musical career began at Rimon School of Music in Israel and as an artist Maya won awards such as the John Lennon Song Writing competition with her composition "My Country." Her song, "True," is featured on the soundtrack of the PBS documentary movie "The Smith Family," a film by Tasha Oldham. Maya's collaborative work includes recordings with the Yuval Ron Ensemble and the Progressive Rock producer Henning Pauly. Maya's voice is on the Ace Combat Assault Horizon video game as well as on the soundtrack of Rebirth, a project by the composer Andy Fox. Maya performed with the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony Orchestra as a featured vocal soloist at the Ford Amphitheatre and has opened as for the Los Angeles World Music Festival.
Currently, Maya is a lecturer of Music Therapy at the University of the Pacific (UOP), San Francisco campus.