Keren Rosenbaum is a composer, conductor, performer, researcher, group facilitator, creator of Reflexive Music, and developer of The Playground Approach (ALP)™.

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Her musical education began at the age of seven with L. Kogan, followed by flute studies with Y. Arenheim. She later studied composition, electronic music, and music education at the Tel Aviv Academy with A. Shapira and L. Schidlowsky, continued her studies at the Royal Academy in The Hague with L. Andriessen, G. Bergeijk, R. de Man, D. Wagenaar, and C. Barlow, graduating with honors, and completed her Master’s degree at Brooklyn College with A. Walman and T. Leon.

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In 1999, Rosenbaum curated one of the first interdisciplinary music festivals of its kind and founded the REFLEX Ensemble, an international community of musicians and artists recognized for its innovative performances, exhibitions, workshops, and ongoing exploration of Reflexive Music.

Reflexive Music is an original practice of composition, performance, and notation that activates sound, movement, image, gesture, rhythm, and multisensory listening. It became the artistic and methodological ground from which The Playground Approach (ALP)™ emerged.

In 2013, Rosenbaum founded the Composing Community Global Organization, home to the Reflexive Music Academy, dedicated to teaching and developing Reflexive Music through the Active Listening Playground approach and tools.

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Originally developed in artistic, educational, and community settings as Active Listening Playground, ALP has since evolved into Attune Listening Playground as the practice expanded into therapeutic, developmental, and clinical fields. Today, The Playground Approach (ALP)™ offers a structured, experiential model for developing attuned listening, relational presence, co-regulation, creativity, and multisensory communication.

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Together with psychotherapist Miriam Ben-Oz, Rosenbaum continues to research and develop the theoretical and clinical foundations of The Playground Approach (ALP)™. This work examines the theoretical background of ALP, focusing on multisensory communication, reflexive listening, and the ways people create relational meaning through movement, rhythm, sound, affect, timing, gesture, and embodied presence.

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ALP has been practiced and taught internationally in artistic, educational, therapeutic, academic, and community contexts, including Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Tel Aviv University, the University of the Arts Helsinki, WE ACT, the Goethe-Institut, Chelsea Art Museum NY, Musicians Without Borders, and the Peace Corps, among others.

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After witnessing the impact of her music, research, and methodology on communication, creativity, and sustainable community growth, Rosenbaum expanded the work into organizational and professional environments through Executive Playground, bringing attuned listening, playfulness, and relational creativity into one of the areas that needs them most today: the workplace.