Peta Williams is a musician and composer who has a particular interest in the use of music as a tool in healing, relaxation and meditation. Her training and experience has led to her personal belief that music can have a beneficial impact on our heart and mind, body and spirit, and as such, is a powerful tool in our individual and collective wellbeing.
Details of available CDs are below, as well as in the eShop. To purchase CDs, please go to the eShop.
In addition, you can commission your own instrumental song for your child or loved one - please read more at 'Custom music'.
All music on these CDs was composed, arranged and orchestrated by Peta Williams using virtual instruments through the award-winning software Sibelius (www.sibelius.com)
New release - 'Meditation on Love' Released on 3 December 2010
Instrumental music for children: ‘Having Fun’ and ‘Quiet Time'
'Quiet Time’ is a set of instrumental songs for dreaming, relaxing, and being at rest.
While this album is initially directed to children, and includes some commissions and other music specifically written for children, you will find that the music is not just for children. If you buy or receive this CD for your child, you might be drawn also to the imaginings, wonderings and feelings that the music evokes, as well as noting its capacity to provide a vehicle for reflection, contemplation and relaxation.Young children will respond to the music for their ‘quiet time’;older children and adults will hear the deeper layer of the music as both a reflection and container for their inner world.
'Having Fun’ is a set of instrumental songs for children for gentle and joyful play-time.
The music lends itself to clapping, dancing, running, jumping, and playing percussion instruments.It allows for your and your child’s imagination to create your own responses to the music.
The music is deliberately rhythmic with simple harmonies that create a container for children to express themselves in movement and play.It is a companion album to ‘Quiet Time’, a set of instrumental songs for dreaming, relaxing, and being at rest.
'Dream by the River - Music for Dreaming'
’Dream by the River: Music for Dreaming’ was released in December 2008. This CD originally began as a CD of lullabies for babies and young children. It has metamorphosed into a broader range of music for dreaming and contemplation, and as such will be suitable for both children and adults.
The music can stimulate visual images, imaginings, wonderings and feelings, as well as providing a platform for reflection, contemplation and relaxation, suitable for older children and the child in all of us. Nonetheless, the music can also be relaxing and soothing for babies, and acts as a container to hold and support our emotional, imaginative and reflective world.
This music is a vehicle for children and adults to tap into their innate emotional wisdom.
To hear a sample of this ten-track CD, click on one of the MPEG files below. (You must have Windows Media Player or Quicktime to hear).
CD cover image is of a painting by Lindy Longhurst, NSW Australiawww.serpentmandalas.comUsed by permission, with thanks. CD cover and label designed by Unicorn Graphics, NSW Australiawww.unicorngraphics.com.auWith thanks.