1,109 | The Transformative Power of Imagination: Christopher Kaufman on Music & Storytelling Christopher Kaufman is an author, composer, concert presenter, illustrative artist and performer. He started creating imaginative fantasy books with illustrative art at the age of nine. During high school years he found music and attended The New Orleans Center for The Creative Arts and went on to major in music composition in college. He earned his DMA in music composition at Cornell University where he studied with Pulitzer Prize Winning composers who have prized his abilities as a composer. His stories never left him. He finished his schooling phase with advanced degrees in music, but also the full event structure for his classic epic fantasy series Tales Of The Ocean City in his mind - through book eight which he is presently completing. The Tales Of The Ocean City series exists now as graphically illustrated physical books and go-with audio albums filled with with cinematic symphonic music, narration and sound design. Now as well - there are the video book versions which put it all together. He performs live tours with the music pouring through speakers, live narration and the pages streaming on screen - a true immersive multi-media experience. Christopher often speaks about ‘The Transformative Power of Imagination’ as a topic for podcasts and the like. In this he focuses on how living with imagination can greatly enhance our experience of life - especially as demonstrated in the fine arts and the great fantasy stories. All of these works; The Musical Forest, The Phantastic Zoo and Dancing Night Hawk are available as physical books with audio albums and films created from live shows. All of these works are available at kaufmantales.com. His home page is - soundartus.com. His author page is talesoftheoceancity.com His you-tube channel is SOUNDARTUS. “Live with imagination!”