Letters
from Children
Music
by Jessie Allen Cooper
with
Guided Narration by Dr. Lucia Capacchione
© 2000(p) Cooper
Sound Waves (ASCAP)
Special Thanks:
For Musical Direction, Lead Keyboardist, and Arrangement:
Tim Ponzek
For Compostion and Performance:
Carl Amberson, Steve Bailey, Frankie Blue, Rebecca Bolin, Jan
Brodin, Mark Cohen, Scott Fentress, Russ Freeman, David Kemper,
Tom Kemper, Buddy Kithara, Rick Krizman, Blake Lewin, Steve Milbacher,
Rob Mullins, Osamu Kitajima, Steve Reid, Robert Resetar, Dave
Scheffler, Tony Selvage, Ricardo Silvera, Belinda Skinner, Mike
SMith, Mike Thompson, Larry Washington, Masakazu Yoshizawa
For Graphics and Electronic Layout:
Brian Stuart Hanish and Julianna White
For Their Encouragement and Support:
A Very Heartfelt Thanks to All My Family and Friends for thier
Encouragement and Support
And of Course, To Lucia Capachionne...
You Helped Make This Dream Come True!
Created and released as an accompaniment
to Dr. Lucia Capacchione's book, released in 2001. "Living
With Feeling: The Art of Emotional Expression," this 5-CD
set and sampler, provides the musical equivalent of nine familiar
emotions: anger, playfulness, fear, love, confusion, peace, depression,
happiness. These are all Cooper originals, with about 25% of
the material written especially for this set. He has surrounded
himself with a veritable who's who of current musicians, and
can be heard himself on each and every track. Long-time associate,
Tim Ponzek is musical director, arranger and lead keyboardist.
In addition to the complete set, a musical sampler is also available.
Album Notes
The Sound of Feelings: Music for Exploring Emotions was created by Jessie Allen Cooper as an audio
sound track for Dr. Lucia Capacchione's book, Living with
Feeling: The Art of Emotional Expression... A dynamic performer
and recording artist, his earlier albums include Soft Wave
( Narada Productions ), Heaven Sent, and Moment In
Time. Jessie wears many hats (usually berets) for he is also
a visual arist and master framer. In Los Angeles gallery circles
he is known as "framer to the art stars." These two
multi-faceted artists met in the mid-80s when Jessie mounted
a one-woman show of Lucia's photographs. Their friendship grew
and so did their dream of collaborating on a project that would
bring all the arts togeather in an audio program. The Sound
of Feelings is that dream come true. It is the perfect complement
to Lucia's earlier books. Author and pioneer in Expressive Arts
Therapy, Lucia conducts workshops world-wide and has published
twelve books, including the best seller, Recovery of Your
Inner Child. The collaboration between these two talents
is an exciting blend of Jessie's music and Lucia's Expressive
Arts Therapy techniques.
How To Use The Sound of Feelings:
Music for Exploring Emotions
This ten-part program features nine families
of emotions; Sad, Angry, Playful, Afraid, Loving, Depressed,
Happy, Confused and Peaceful. First, listen to the
The Sound of Feelings Introduction: Guided Narration.
Do the simple drawing-to-music activities for expressing each
of the nine families of emotions. Then listen to the guidelines
for using the nine musical medley segments that serve as a "sound
track" for exploring emotions through movement, music, drawing,
painting, sculpting with clay, and creative writing.
Each of the nine emotions segments is a collection of musical
pieces evoking that particular feeling. Use them in whichever
order you like. Follow your own mood to guide you to the emotion
theme you wish to explore. Play as many pieces as you like in
the segment you select.
There are many ways to express emotions in addition to the drawing-to-music
activity in the guided narration. Draw your feelings, dance them,
drum them, or write them out. The emotions are paired, with the
more difficult emotion first, followed by a lighter or more uplifting
one. You may even notice that emotions change naturally. For
example, anger may turn into playfulness. We hope
you will enjoy this journey into your true feelings and your
Creative Self.
For further discussion and more in-depth
activities use Lucia's book,
Living with Feeling: The Art of Emotional Expression (Tarcher/Putnam).
You may contact Dr.Lucia Capacchione, @ Box 1355, Cambria, CA
93428
www.luciac.com
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