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Dame Evelyn Glennie: percussion's "first" lady.(Interview)
Percussionist Evelyn Glennie gives more than 100 performances a year, performing solo, with orchestras or collaborating with other artists. Her first recording won a Grammy award, with two other subsequent recordings receiving Grammy nominations. Glennie began to lose her hearing at age 8 and was profoundly deaf by age 12, which is about the time she began to develop an interest in percussion.
Esther Fellows: How did you get your start in music?
Evelyn Glennie: I began percussion in Comprehensive School at age 12. I had played the piano since age 8, and wanted another instrument. I tried the clarinet and decided it was not for me. Then I saw the ...
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...performed by Orquestra Sao Paulo and Dame Evelyn Glennie during their current series of concerts...Orquestra de Sao Paulo with Dame Evelyn Glennie When: 8 p.m. Friday Where: Mechanics...3231. ART: PHOTO Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie will perform with the Orquestra Sao...
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- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London HESTER LACEY May 22, 1994 700+ words
...with his wife, Joan, in Surrey. Evelyn Glennie, OBE, was born in Aberdeen in 1965...Malcangi. JAMES BLADES: I first met Evelyn Glennie in Aberdeen in 1980. I was touring...her, saying: "This is my pupil, Evelyn Glennie, and she is deaf." To say this surprised...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 29, 1998 700+ words
...the advanced section of The first Evelyn Glennie National Scholarship Awards sponsored...Carnegie Hall in New York City. The Evelyn Glennie National Scholarship Award Program...finalists being selected by Ms. Glennie. Evelyn Glennie is an internationally renowned concert...
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- Magazine article from: Video Business McClain, Buzz April 17, 2006 700+ words
...Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey With Evelyn Glennie Color. NR (nothing offensive...Sept. 2004. <$1 mil. Cast Evelyn Glennie, Fred Frith (Step Across the Bonier...internationally renowned percussionist Evelyn Glennie playing a succession of percussion...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Pamela Sommers March 5, 1994 700+ words
...percussionists do their time in the rear of the orchestra. But Evelyn Glennie, one of the world's few classical percussion soloists...over, Beethoven, and make room in the history books for Evelyn Glennie, who is both profoundly musical and profoundly deaf...
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- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) June 22, 2003 700+ words
SCOTS musician EVELYN GLENNIE overcame deafness to become the greatest percussionist in the...forget the fortune, forget the worldwide critical acclaim, Evelyn Glennie is driven by one thought - making a difference to the lives of...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Campbell, R.M. November 19, 1997 700+ words
...accomplishment. Two guests played prominent roles: conductor Sergiu Comissiona, well-known in Seattle, and percussionist Evelyn Glennie in her local debut. As the soloist in Joseph Schwantner's 1994 Percussion Concerto, Glennie made a huge impact on the...
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- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) September 12, 1999 700+ words
EVELYN Glennie is regarded as the First Lady of percussion. Although profoundly deaf, the Aberdeen-born star performs to packed houses all...
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