Harmonic Meetings
David Hykes is a seeker, searching for the relationship between  music, silence, listening and the Creation. Says Hykes, "In relation to the  reverberating whole which is the Creation, man is a kind of instrument that  receives and transforms impressions--a living antenna. We must find a  silence that will sensitize us to the signals which are the most essential  to our growth, and we must learn to listen for them"; Hykes finds that  serenity through his harmonic chanting and that of his Harmonic Choir, the  "singing listeners".  Hykes bases his music on the observations of Pythagoras, who twenty-five  centuries ago, related note to number and sensed musical values as central  to the Creation. Hykes studied the timeless geometry of the harmonic  series, relating harmony in music to ordered states within oneself and the  universe. But unlike many musicians who have been likewise fascinated,  Hykes has explored harmonies through the most direct means, the human  voice.  The harmonic chanting of David Hykes springs from the tradition of the  Mongolian nomads and Tibetan monks who sing "prismatically", each singer  projecting harmonic overtone melodies while maintaining a steady  fundamental tone. They accomplish this by an extremely precise modulation  of the abdominal muscles, chest and vocal apparatus. David Hykes and  members of his choir can articulate from one to seven harmonics  simultaneously, duplicating the precise mathematical order which underlies  all sound phenomena.  David Hykes has been refining his artistry for 20 years, focusing his work  at the International Center for Harmonic Studies in France. His music  appears in the scores of major motion pictures such as Ghost, Dead Poets  Society, Jacob's Ladder, and a film about the life of philosopher and  mystic Georges Gurdjieff, Meetings With Remarkable Men. Hykes has toured  extensively throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan and  Australia.