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Relaxation Meditation Music - Peter Govan
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Peter Govan has delighted audiences with his Overtone singing concerts, playing Indian Harmonium and his original compositions, blending Mongolian throat singing, Indian Kirtans, traditional Scottish music, Songs of the selki seal people and eastern harmonies to produce soulful ambient music and CD’s with soaring vocal harmonies for many years, that have been enjoyed the world over and used by the BBC. Anahata (voice of the heart music) of whom Peter is a member. He was signed with Oreade music in Holland until June 2009.
He has also collaborated with many musicians and workshop facilitators to produce ambient, relaxation and meditation music at concerts and dynamic workshops that are truly awe inspiring and magical.
Peter has also taught Harmonic Overtone Singing Workshops locally and internationally for many years with a focus of vocal self discovery through the body; individually and as a group, using Harmonium, Tibetan singing bowls, bells and wind gongs, toning, chanting, music improvisation and world music.
Peters other influences are Listening to Huun Huur tu's traditional Mongolian music when they came to Scotland, working with Michael Ormiston and Tserendaava when he came to Edinburgh to give a concert and workshop in Mongolian hoomei singing.
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Peter Govan was Born in Edinburgh Scotland. When studying Art and performance arts, Peter first heard overtone singing in a music improvisation group in Chichester west Sussex in 1990. On his return to Edinburgh in 1993 learned further from David Hykes CD “Hearing Solar winds” with a good friend Gavin Blench. They formed an overtone singing group “Harmonic convergence” and sang locally at “The Salisbury centre” Edinburgh and at the French Institute’s “Fete De la Music,” in their wonderfully acoustic wooden hall upstairs.
Peter’s experience in traditional singing grew, participating through various accapella choirs, Kirtan singing groups, Indian chanting and toning groups including the singing American Indian chants with White Eagle in a Tipi at Edinburgh’s Salisbury centre, attending countless singing, African drumming workshops and gatherings. This was to be the cumulative experience that would help enhance Peter’s intuitive sensibilities in flexible teaching and facilitating of overtone singing workshops, suited specifically to the individuals attending the workshop and the group dynamics these individuals create.
In 1997, Peter Attended Aberystwyth’s “giving Voice,” symposium and learned in greater depth the techniques of overtone singing and natural Harmonics from Trang quang Hai, Iegor Reznikov and was also influenced by the performances and soaring voice of Noirin ni Rain with her Shruti voice box from India.
By request from many concert participants Peter began teaching the technique of Harmonic throat or Overtone singing. Technically speaking the technique I teach is classed as the western overtone singing technique but if students are willing as they progress, Peter introduces the techniques found in Mongolian Hoomei singing.
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