Music A Catalyst For Learning, Health, and Creativity:
Author Releases 3 Volume. Music Set to Accompany Best-Selling Book

"Don Campbell is the dean of sound healers. His work is of inestimable value. Practical, mystical and visionary, he makes the world of music accessible, friendly and profoundly healing."
   -Julia Cameron   The Artist's Way & Vein of Gold

"Intelligent, informed, and practical, Don is an excellent guide to the wide-ranging power of music to inspire, educate, and heal. THE MOZART EFFECT® could add a universe to the world youÍve been living in."
   -Thomas Moore   Care of the Soul & The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life

"Don Campbell may change forever the way we view music. He reveals how music is one of the most transformative forces in human experiences „ how it literally has life-and-death potency. Read his book. You may never hear music the same way again."
   -;Larry Dossey, M.D.   Healing Words & Prayer Is Good Medicine

n conjunction with best-seller THE MOZART EFFECT® (Avon Books) by leading author, lecturer, and musician Don Campbell, Spring Hill Music releases the first three in a series of exclusive compilations from the author. Comprised of top-quality performances of some of MozartÍs most powerful and affecting compositions, Volume I, Strengthen The Mind: Music for Intelligence and Learning, Volume II, Heal The Body: Music for Rest & Relaxation, and Volume III, Unlock the Creative Spirit: Music for Creativity & Imagination, put into practice CampbellÍs pioneering work over the past twenty years as described in this major hardcover.

"The Mozart Effect®" signifies the extraordinary transformational powers of music and sound - not only of Mozart but of everything from a hot samba to a Bach fugue to gospel to our own voices. And The Mozart Effect¬ is well documented: music has a dramatic effect on our health, emotional well being, creativity, and even on our ability to learn.

Don Campbell, an international authority on the connection between music and healing, was trained as a classical musician at the Fountainebleau Conservatory of Music in France, where he studied with the legendary Nadia Boulanger. He has traveled to more than forty countries exploring the musical roots of indigenous cultures, collaborating with local musicians, and teaching children. He has experienced the power of music to restore health and improve the quality of life „ including his own. Diagnosed three and a half years ago with a potentially fatal blood clot in his brain, he decided to put his experience in sound healing to the test before resorting to his doctorÍs recommended course of action: surgery that would involve removing a third of his skull. Combining listening to classical and sacred music, toning, humming, and imagery, Campbell devised a positive self treatment. After just three weeks, the blood clot shrank from more than an inch-and-a-half in length to less than an eighth of an inch „ and he was declared out of danger.

"Music is the most complementary medicine of the future," Campbell says. "ñWhen we are out of harmony, music can re-orchestrate our lives for the health of mind, body, and soul." In his new breakthrough book THE MOZART EFFECTR, he provides compelling evidence of the influence of particular sounds, tones, and rhythms on mental performance and spiritual outlook, as well as in the treatment of disease. Interweaving the riveting stories of ordinary men and women with solid research by doctors, psychologists, and music therapists, THE MOZART EFFECTR shows how music can be used to improve memory and learning, boost productivity, soothe jangled nerves, strengthen endurance, unlock creative impulses, sound away pain, and heal the body from a host of ailments. Campbell cites fifty common conditions where music has made a difference „ curing symptoms and changing lives „ including high blood pressure, heart disease, AIDS and cancer.

Campbell presents more than two dozen specific, easy-to-follow exercises designed to sharpen listening ability and harness the power of toning, mantras, and other self-generated sounds. Spanning a range of skills and topics „ from spatial IQ to massage to bonding with a baby in utero „ these practical techniques bring the force and wonder of THE MOZART EFFECT® into our everyday lives.

The MUSIC FOR THE MOZART EFFECT® releases are the only recordings to fully utilize the synthesis of musical, spiritual, medical, and psychological expertise Campbell brings to bear on the transformative power of music. Each release is designed to achieve a particular effect„whether itÍs enhancing I.Q. with the uplifting rhythms of the allegros or slowing the pace with the soothing cadences of the andantes and adagios„ and Campbell has carefully selected, edited, ordered and sequenced each volume according to key, tempo, and a variety of other psychological, physiological, and aesthetic factors. The recordings have also been subtly processed and optimized based on CampbellÍs extensive study of research work in the field. Extensive liner notes introduce the basic concepts of CampbellÍs work, illuminate the genius of Mozart, and guide the listener track by track to ensure maximum effectiveness and enjoyment.

THE MOZART EFFECT® has been chosen as a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, One Spirit Book Club, and Quality Paperback Book Club. The MUSIC FOR THE MOZART EFFECT® recordings have already been chosen by Book-of-the-Month Club, One Spirit Book Club, Quality Paperback Book Club, Doubleday Book Club, Time/Life MusicÍs Sound Review (cover) and Music Hall catalogs, and Signals catalog. The releases are being supported with a 12-city media and booksigning tour, and on-going national publicity, print advertising, and website promotions.

Campbell and Spring Hill have also produced a series of childrenÍs recordings entitled THE MOZART EFFECT® „ MUSIC FOR CHILDREN. This three-release series has been licensed for exclusive worldwide distribution to The ChildrenÍs Group, award-winning producerÍs of the Beethoven Lives Upstairs series.