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Newsletter Spring/Summer 2013 Volume 24,
Issue 1
Maya’s Music Therapy Fund Celebrates
25 Years of Service!
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Twenty-‐five years is a long
time for any organization to grow
and thrive, especially when it
is a small non-‐profit which
provides ongoing music therapy
services to people with developmental
disabilities. Still, that’s just
what Maya’s has done. The
photo above was taken at
this year’s Spring Music Festival,
themed “Everything is Beautiful.” We
think it captures the vibrancy,
joy, and personal success that
our programs foster in our
participants. Each year the Festival
has been a wonderful day
for Maya’s clients — a chance
to experience all the pleasure
and excitement of performing on
stage for a live audience,
an event they look forward to
all year long. It is also
an opportunity for friends,
family, and supporters to
celebrate the participants’ musical
talents, as well as the growth
and development
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they have experienced through music
therapy. Just as our
organization has evolved over this
quarter century, so, too, has
the Festival. In the early
days it was more street fair
than performance; with clowns,
cotton candy, dancing, games, make-‐up,
streamers, many outside musicians…even
a visit from Wavy Gravy. It
was also our only fund-‐raiser.
These days, we see the
Festival as an important part
of our program that showcases the
unique abilities and achievements
of our participants. Our aim is
for the Festival to create a
nurturing environment for them to
truly do their best, all while
having a great time! For
its entire existence, though,
the Festival has remained a focus
for
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remembering Maya Cooper. Maya’s life
and joy in music were the
inspiration for the founding of
Maya’s Music Therapy Fund,
established after Maya’s death in
1988. The Fund offers people
with disabilities a low-‐cost, or
no-‐cost, opportunity to experience
the life-‐enriching benefits of
music therapy. We currently provide
weekly group and individual
therapy sessions to more than 100
people ranging in age from
1 to 89 years old (we
started out serving about 15
people).
❁ Please consider making a
tax-‐deductible donation to Maya’s. We
also invite you to visit
our website at www.mayasmusic.org for
more photos and information. With
your help, and that of all
of our friends, we will be
able to continue our work of
bringing music therapy to those
who benefit from it the
most.
Symphony Our
24th Annual Spring Music Festival
took place on March 10, 2013.
Many of our participants
performed on stage, in front of
an enthusiastic audience of
supporters, friends, and family
members.
MMTF Calendar Every 1st and 3rd
Thursday of the month: group
music therapy at our Ed Roberts
Campus location in Berkeley. Coming
on a Sunday afternoon in
September: our annual Fall
Fundraising Party, featuring the
auction of
restaurant meals, concerts, vacation
homes, and more! Invitations are
generally mailed only to local
donors, but of course all are
welcome.
March 2014: the 25th Maya’s Spring
Music Festival! We are celebrating
a major milestone, our 25th
anniversary! Some of our participants
have performed at every one of
our annual Festivals!
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Symphony
Many Thanks to our 2012-‐2013
Donors
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Denny Abrams Sadashiv & Rekha
Adiga Ken & Misako Akimoto
Aileen Alfandary & Stephen
Rosenbaum Michael Alvarez, MD &
Marina Alvarez Randall Ammon, MD
Marilla & Ivan Argüelles Matthew
& Jennifer Arnold Robert &
Judith Bacskai Judy Bain Catherine
Baker Heather Bakke Ronald Berman,
MD & Sibyl Marcus Lisa
& Deirdre Bernard-‐Pearl Diane
& Edwin Bernbaum Terry Blumenfeld
Sandra & John Boeschen Ursula
Boynton, MD Arthur & Sheila
Braufman Gregory Broderick-‐Villa, MD
Hope Bryson Jeffrey Burack, MD
& Shelly D. Ball Brian
Candell, MD John & Catherine
Case Michael Cassidy, MD &
Andrea Cassidy Phyllis Cedars, MD
Ryszard Chetkowski, MD Sister
Rosemary Chinnici Michael Cohn, MD
& Sarah Stein Buni Cooper
Jennifer & Colin Cooper ~
The Cooper Law Office Joanna
Cooper, MD & Charlie Pollack,
MD Michael Cooper, MD &
Theresa Cooper Mario Corona, MD
& Margo Corona Steven Crabiel
Bruce Cree, MD Rakesh Donthineni,
MD Cassandra Duggan Malcolm &
Pearl Duncan Ann Duveneck &
Thomas Panas Peter & Anne
Dybwad Michael Ehrenberg &
Stephen Pollack Selena W. Ellis,
MD Nicholas Lowell Enlow Janet
Ewing, MD Pedram Fateih, MD
Robert Fox, MD Samuel & Ann
Freeman Anna Frick Marylyn Fye
Erik Gaensler, MD & Shelly
Marks, MD Sandra Garfinkel Mark
Geliebter, MD & Robin Keller
Cynthia Gibson-‐Horn Lori Gitter
Margaret Gold Danny & Hilary
Goldstine Howard Gordon & Jeremy
Jacobs Gordon
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Lloyd & Rochelle Gordon Charles
Haas & B.K. Moran Peter
& Susan Haikalis Christopher Hall
Nicola Hanchock, MD & James
Moore Satoshi & Masako Hane
Sara Harris Ching-‐Yee Anliza Ho
Lula Hodges de la Cruz Christa
Hogan Lucinda Hopewell Nancy Hughes
Pamela Hunt Richard & Marie
Imes Steven Isono, MD Dolores
Jackson & Alexis Kane Lynn
Jehle Alison Jordan Karen &
Scott Kalkowski Brian Kaye, MD
& Fran Tannenbaum Kaye Andrew
Kayser, MD & Mary Ann
Kayser Victoria Kelman & Rabbi
Stuart Kelman Diana Kienle Jeanne
King Jonathan Allan Klein &
Tiffany Welch Klein Robert Knight
& Donatella Scabini Susan Kramer,
LCSW Charles & Sharon Krueger
Ted & Carole Krumland Pamela
Laesch & Gene Trinks Willard
& Mary Laesch Annie Lai
& Wilfred Tang Kent &
Ann Larson Barbara Lawson Valerie
M. Lawson Peter & Evelyn
Lee Joan & Bruce Linton
Aryn Linton Earnhardt Brett &
Rachel Livingstone Richard & Anne
Long Andrew Luchansky & Elisabeth
Reed Robert & Elfleda Mackie
Jillian Dougal MacKinnon, MD Albert
L. Magid Gary & Lois Marcus
David Marinoff Mathias Masem, MD
Participant Profile: David David has
been a long-‐time participant in
music therapy. He began working
with Titia back when he was
still in high school and
continued to grow and benefit
from group and individual music
therapy sessions throughout his
college years. Now a member of
the DPRC Adult Morning Program,
David is much more verbal
than he used to be. In music
therapy, he is finishing lyric
lines by saying the last word
of each sentence. This is
carrying over to his daily life,
where David is increasingly using
more words to express his
thoughts and needs.
David has played many instruments
over the years, and in this
photo he is seen playing on
the xylophone at this year’s
Maya’s Spring Music Festival. David
is becoming a much more
independent young man, and he
enjoys both playing on instruments
as well as listening to
music. Depending on his needs,
listening to music can be relaxing
for David, and yet at other
times a stimulating experience. He
is a big fan of the
Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, the
Backstreet Boys, and many others.
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David & Diane Matsumoto Camilla
& Timothy McCalmont John McHugh
& Laura Miller Nancy McIntyre
Joann & Brian McNutt Guy
Micco Richard & Marlene Millikan
Matthew Mitchell Hilary Modell, NP
Leslie & Randall Morelli Edith
& Walter Nagel Denise Navellier,
RN & Scott McCormick Danute
Nitecki Melanie Nobello Christopher
& Victoria Nolan Jesse &
Paige Nues Frank L. Oaks &
Marianne Hane Richard & Judith
Oken Rickey Ono Dayna Orange
& Joshua Kuluva, MD Harriet
Orange David & Deanna Pankow
Opher Peled & Darya Druch
Joel Piser, MD & Jing W.
Hsieh David & Betty Pollack
Leonard Price, PhD & Katina
Price Jacqueline Richter, MD Barbara
Ridley & Judy Kerr Lisa
Rubens Deborah Droker Sandberg Samuel
Santoro, MD & June Santoro
Anna Sapugay, MD & Bruce
Whitten John Schafer Jennifer Sherman
James & Marjorie Shultz Stanley
& Pearl Siegel Gary &
Susanne Sjöberg Carl & Rocio
Smith Joanna Smith Michael Reid
Smith Anthony Somkin, MD Drs.
Lionel, Andrew, & Robert Sorenson
Harold & Bronna Steiman Julie
& Michael Steinbaugh Neil &
Lisa Stollman Jeffrey N. Stoneberg,
DO Gondica Strijkers
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Joan Sullivan Gordon Tang &
Melissa Arciaga Beatrice & Chris
Teng Bernadette Thomas Mark Thrasher
Donna D. Tigno, MD &
Francois J. Habchi Elaine Tombari
Rick Trautner, MD & Tracy
Flanagan Marsha Treadwell Susan &
Robert Trebino Carol Turner Arnie
Turrentine & Sandra Francisco
Phyllis van Kranenburgh Paul Vojta
Edward Waller, MD & Susan
Waller Joanna Weinberg & David
Levine Juliet Welch Mark Wesson
Carl & Ellen Whitaker June
Whitaker Mary Wildavsky Sara
Wildavsky Christian L. Williams Naomi
Wolman Edward & Sandra Zaritt
Neil Zelin & Carol Murota
Philip L. Zemansky, MD &
Barbara Zemansky
Frank A. Campini Foundation Friends
of Disabled Children Rex Foundation
Joseph Chernick & Caprice Haverti
~ In memory of
Morgan and Maya
Susan Feigon ~ In
honor of the life of Margaret
Francisco
Barbara & Carl Griffith ~
In memory of Margaret
Francisco
Neil & Leah Kuluva ~
In honor of Josh, Dayna,
and Lev
Brian Laird ~ In
memoriam Laurence Clark Powell
Jane North Lyon & Lois North
~ In memory of
Margaret Francisco
Tricia Povah ~ In
honor of Pam Laesch
Elizabeth Ramberg ~ In
loving memory of Dennis Dale
Kauffman
Marilynn J. Sanford ~
In memory of Tessie Eleanore
Must
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2013, Volume 24, Issue 1
Ongoing Activities
One morning each week we provide
services at CAP-‐Hilltop in
Richmond. Several of their participants
receive individual music therapy.
Two afternoons a week are
spent with the participants of the
Disabled People’s Recreation Center
in Richmond. The young people
who attend that program after
school receive both individual and
group music therapy.
Three mornings we provide group
music therapy — one morning
every other week at the Ed
Roberts Campus in Berkeley, the
other two both weekly at
the DPRC site in Richmond.
Participants come from various
day programs and organizations, such
as Consensus, DPRC Adult Morning
Program, East Bay Innovations,
Toolworks, and also several
clients who have privately contacted
us.
One afternoon each month we
provide individual music therapy at
Katie’s Clinic for girls with
Rett syndrome, a monthly clinic
at the Walnut Creek location
of Children’s Hospital Oakland.
And of course we continue to
respond to requests for information
coming in through our website.
Over the years, many high-‐school
and college students, fellow
music therapists, and others who
are interested have come to
observe sessions and talk with
our music therapist.
In Memoriam Dorothy Brooks Dorothy
performed at the past 15 of
our Spring Music Festivals, always
eager to try out a new
instrument or a different way of
playing. This year she chose to
play on the cabasa and also
use the bells. Dorothy is
greatly missed by her dear
family, and by all her friends
at CAP-‐Hilltop and Maya’s.
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The use of current technology
has become integral to our
music therapy sessions at Maya’s.
We are able to serve many
more participants and we can
customize the therapy for each
individual. We have seen that
these changes are extremely welcome
to our clients. Here are some
examples: • We use the iPad
to play prerecorded music, and
continually add new songs that
clients are asking for. Some
are downloaded from iTunes, others
are digitalized from old records,
and sometimes we have to
find them on YouTube and convert
them for use in iTunes. •
We also use the iPad for
communication purposes. The app
iComm allows non-‐verbal
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people who do have some use
of their hands to make
choices regarding what song they want
to sing, which music they
want to hear, or to say basic
things such as hello and
good-‐bye. • The music apps
on the iPad allow people who
have very limited mobility and
strength to play along using
the harp, the xylophone (Katie,
above left), the piano, or
many other instruments that the
various iPad apps offer. • The
GarageBand app on the iPad is
a great way to create
rhythms and accompaniments, and record
your own songs (Chikao, below
left, is listening to his
latest song). • One of our
clients has very eclectic taste
in music. He particularly likes
classical music, as well as
electronic music. We have
recorded and downloaded some music
that combines those two things;
he loves these electronic
versions of various classical
compositions! • For many years
we brought a bulky and
heavy monitor to sessions, but now
we have a small, light-‐weight
speaker that connects wirelessly
with the iPad. This allows us
to place the speaker anywhere
in the room, or on the
tray of someone’s wheelchair. It
is very satisfying for clients
to move around the room and
“bring” the music to their
friends. • At this year’s
Festival, Laura (pictured above right)
used the laptop and Adaptive
Use Musical Instruments. This
state-‐of-‐the-‐art computer program allowed
her to guide the cursor on
the screen just by moving her
head, thus enabling
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her to create drum and
cowbell sounds entirely hands-‐free. All
of this equipment and software,
as well as various online
services, have enhanced our sessions
tremendously.
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History and Mission Statement
Maya’s Music Therapy Fund (“Maya’s”)
develops and sustains music
therapy programs for people with
developmental disabilities. These programs
improve participants’ physical, social,
and cognitive skills, while
enhancing their emotional well-‐being.
Maya’s was established in memory
of Maya Cooper, a severely
disabled, non-‐verbal child who used
music to communicate most fully
with the world around her.
After her death in 1988, her
parents started the non-‐profit
fund in her name, so that
other people with disabilities —
particularly those who could not
otherwise afford it — might
experience the life-‐enriching benefits
of group and individual music
therapy.
Maya’s offers unique music therapy
programs for people with disabilities
such as cerebral palsy, autism,
Down syndrome, hearing and
vision impairment, ADHD, Rett syndrome,
and others. Our collaborative
partner agencies include CAP-‐Hilltop,
the City of Richmond (at the
Disabled People’s Recreation Center),
Consensus, East Bay Innovations,
Inclusive Community Resources, Katie’s
Clinic at Children’s Hospital
Oakland, and Toolworks.
Maya’s Music Therapy Fund 1731
Carleton Street Berkeley CA
94703 (510) 845-‐6693
[email protected] www.mayasmusic.org Tax
ID # 94-‐3232408
Maya’s Music Therapy Fund 1731
Carleton Street Berkeley, CA 94703
www.mayasmusic.org
Board of Directors
Joanna Cooper, MD Chairperson
Sandra Francisco Lynn Jehle
Pamela Laesch, MD
Charlie Pollack, MD Treasurer
Stephen Pollack
Ellen Whitaker Executive Director
Music Therapist
Titia Martin-‐Nagel, MT-‐BC