Peter Davison (New age music composer and performer)

Peter Davison (born 1948) is an American composer known for New Age/Neo Classical works, and television and film scores. Davison was born in Los Angeles, California. He played flute, saxophone, guitar, keyboards and electric bass in all sorts of ensembles throughout his public school years. He received his Bachelor's and master's degrees in Music Composition from California State University, Northridge. Davison has composed music scores for Indie Features, the History Channel, A+E, Biography, PBS, Warner Bros., Disney, Universal, Discovery, Gaiam (Yoga/Relaxation music). Over 40 CDs of his music are on Higher Octave/Universal, Gaiam, Davisounds and TSR/Baja. His CDs Meditate and Exhale were both in the Billboard Top 10 New Age Albums. His music is widely played in internet radio. On Pandora at this time there are 90 million streams of his music with similar stats on the other internet music providers such as Spotify. He has received awards and nominations from the Global Music Awards, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Accolade Global Film Awards, Colortape International Film Festival and others. Davison's first 7 releases (1980-1986) are considered pioneers of New Age Music. Fact of Being, a European label has re-released the first 2 of these on vinyl LP. They will re-release the remaining 5 over the next 2 years, as a retrospective of Davison's early work. Davison has also received commissions for classical orchestral music. GQ, Gentleman's Quarterly, published a feature article about Davison in their June, 2023 issue. Johnson, Noah (June 2023). "A Mind-Bending Journey with the Mystic Master of New Age Music". GQ (Gentleman's Quarterly). June 2023 (June 2023). Davison, Peter. "IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "All Music". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter (11 June 2019). "Glide review, French". Section 26. Retrieved 12 May 2020. Breznikar, Klemen (September 29, 2021). "Peter Davison Interview | Legendary Composer of "New Age"". It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine. Archived from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2023. Davison, Peter. "Composer". Pandora. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "Composer stats". Davison, Peter. "Composer". Spotify. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "When I Go Inside". Global Music Awards. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "Iris - Bringer of Dreams". Global Music Awards. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "Timberline". Global Music Awards. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "Blooming Memories of Spring". Global Music Awards. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "On the Edge of Now". Global Music Awards. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "Sip of Wine". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "1980-1986". Ultravillage. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "Music on the Way". Infinite Fog. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter (October 5, 2021). "Glide". Davison, Peter. "Foundation for New American Music, LA Times" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "LA County Museum of Art, LA Times" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "California Arts Council Concert, LA Times" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2020. Davison, Peter. "The Real Nut, LA Times" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2020. Noah, Johnson (June 6, 2023). "A Mind-Bending Journey with the Mystic Master of New Age Music". GQ.