Nehama's ability to communicate with children is well known andperformances at the Victorian Arts Centre for ARTS ED in which Nehama conducts a Symphony orchestra and introduces children to the delights of music making with orchestral instruments have been an institution for 15 years. As well she has been a presenter with all the major orchestras in Australia .

As a concerto soloist Nehama has performed with all the major Australian orchestras as well as in Germany with the Hamburg SO, Brazil ad Hawaii . Recently she performed Pulenc's Two Piano Concerto and also Beethoven's Piano Concert No. 3 in C minor with the Melbourne Sinfonia.

She has composed music for ballets including "Arena" for the Australian Ballet Company - a natural outcome from her many years as a modern ballet dancer with led to teaching movement to both musicians and non-musicians. Nehama's ability to improvise for dance enabled her to be a dance accompanist, in particular for the Australian Ballet School and Company and visiting dance teachers in particular those specializing in Martha Graham and Jose Limon techniques.

Nehama has recorded with many artists including clarinetist/saxaphonist Peter Clinch, Anthony Warlow and jazz musician Brian Brown. As well her piano playing was featured in the TV mini series "Return to Eden " and several other documentaries and films including Paul Cox's "My First Wife". She was also the pianist in the film about the life story of Shirley Temple which was filmed in Australia . Recently she narrated "Peter and the Wolf" with orchestra.

Nehama worked for many years in both radio and television and in fact was "Playschool's" first presenter. For ABC radio, she scripted and presented schools' programs. Three documentaries have been shown on TV featuring in particular her holistic approach in music education.

Nehama serves on a number of committees including Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children, Victorian Music Teachers' Association, Foundation for Youth Excellence, and as a Rotarian organises the weekly speakers as well as the annual fund raising concert. Recently she was the Chairperson for the Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference held in Melbourne . She has long been involved in charity work as a musician particularly in the Jewish community.

Besides holding a Master of Music degree, Nehama has been the recipient of many awards including an OAM (Order of Australia Medal for services to music education and organizing concerts for charity), Churchill Fellowship and the Avon Spirit Award for women for Excellence in Arts (chosen by Diane Cliento). As well, the Jewish organization WIZO selected Nehama as one of its Women Achievers of the Year. In 2001 Nehama was featured in the Melbourne Museum exhibition "Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives".

Nehama is included in the "Who's Who of Australian Women 2007".