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Evelyn Glennie

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Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.


— Evelyn Glennie


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Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.


— Evelyn Glennie


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Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.


— Evelyn Glennie


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I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.


— Evelyn Glennie


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I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home.


— Evelyn Glennie


#associate #because #days #few #free

I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late.


— Evelyn Glennie


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I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.


— Evelyn Glennie


#like #sparkle

I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.


— Evelyn Glennie


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I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.


— Evelyn Glennie


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I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.


— Evelyn Glennie


#i #instruments #into #kids #little






About Evelyn Glennie

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She also performed in Sesame Street and on CBeebies in Zingzillas


Recognition
Glennie has won many awards including:
Best Chamber Music Performance in the Grammy Awards of 1989
Scot of the Year 1982
Queen's Commendation prize for all round excellence 1985
Scotswoman of the Decade 1990
Best Studio and Live Percussionist from Rhythm Magazine 1998 2000 2002 2003 & 2004
Walpole Medal of Excellence 2002
Musical America Instrumentalist of the Year 2003
Sabian Lifetime Achievement Award 2006
Percussive Arts Society: Hall of Fame – November 2008
She has been awarded 15 honorary doctorates from universities in the United Kingdom the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1993 and was promoted to Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the New Year's Honours of 2007. She also plays the Great Highland Bagpipes and has her own registered tartan known as "The Rhythms of Evelyn Glennie".

Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann GlennieDBE (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish virtuosa percussionist.

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