HEALING WITH GREAT MUSIC

The world's foremost expert on the human response to music explains how it can heal the body and mind. A professor of music, Campbell has explored how listening is influenced by such things as where we listen, our posture, the interpersonal setting, and our physiology. Though this will sound technical to people who are deeply in love with music, his words and ideas are as moving as the most romantic musical creations. Campbell's expressiveness and passion for his subject are in a class by themselves. He illustrates his ideas with musical passages throughout the audio. Though the live seminar segments are less effective than the author's studio work, the overall presentation is brimming with fascinating insights. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/MAY 03]