Riki Juster is thrilled to be part of East Bay Music Together! Riki spent her early childhood living in Long Island in New York and was lucky enough to have been taken to Broadway shows and operas at the Met at quite an early age. Her mother was a voice teacher and both her parents performed in musical theater. Singing at home or in the car was second nature. At age 11, her parents decided to move the family (and the Baldwin piano) to Israel. Upon leaving her parents home, Riki lived on a kibbutz for 4 years where she worked as the head childcare giver at daycare center. At the same time, she studied Education at Haifa University for 2 years. In 1999, Riki returned to the US and chose the wonderful Bay Area as her new home base. She managed large scale events such as KFOG Kaboom! and the ESPN X-Games. A few years later, she decided to try her hand at childcare once again and became a nanny. When Riki isn’t teaching Music Together or being a Nanny, she performs at various community theatres (mainly musicals) and volunteers with Nourishing Our Children.

Riki says “I first experienced Music Together in Rockridge when caring for two toddlers and immediately fell in love with the program. I was having just as much fun as they were, if not more! I knew that by teaching Music Together classes, I would be combining two of my greatest passions and hopefully make a difference in children’s lives through movement and music.”

"Riki is great! She has boundless energy and is always fully prepared and ready to engage. She takes cues from the kids and that guides different movements or songs she chooses during the class. She's very warm and personable, paces the class really well, and clearly gets much joy from what she does!"
--C.L.