Mongolian Khöömii Overtone Singing Workshop led by Michael Ormiston & Candida Valentino

10am to 4pm Sunday 13th October 2024 At The Open Ealing Arts Centre, Unit 14, School Lane, Dickens Yard, Ealing London W5 2TD.

Learn an authentic traditional Mongolian technique. Listen to your own overtones as you discover the unknown depths and heights of your voice. The workshop is open to anyone who wishes to explore the harmonic nature of their voice.

Cost £110

Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more information and booking

Khöömii is an amazing style of overtone or harmonic singing where one person sings two or more distinct pitches at the same time. It originates among the nomads of the central Asian plateau, particularly the Altai and Sayan mountain regions of Mongolia and Tuva.

Michael Ormiston is the UK's most experienced Mongolian Khöömii (Overtone) Singer. He travelled to west Mongolia in 1993 to study Khöömii with Herdsman and expert singer Tserendavaa. During his six times in Mongolia he has also studied with leading singers, Tsengedorj, Ganbold, Gereltsolt and Tsogtbaatar and has the rare privilege of being blessed to teach Khöömii by Tserendavaa and Gereltsogt which he has been doing internationally for over twenty five years.

He along with Candida Valentino has taught Khöömii at the SOAS World music summer school for over 10 years as well as individually teaching ethnomusicology students at SOAS, & Goldsmith College, University of London, ADEM- Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie Geneva.

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