The true story of Evelyn Glennie, from her upbringing on a remote Scottish farm, through her childhood battles not to be sent to a school for the deaf, where her prodigious musical talent would have remained undiscovered, to the initial reluctance of the Royal Academy of Music to interview her.

Good Vibrations

GLENNIE, Evelyn

Biographies & Memoirs

Hutchinson

The autobiography of Evelyn Glennie, the world's first full-time virtuoso percussionist who, since the age of 12, has been profoundly deaf. It describes her upbringing on a remote Scottish farm, her childhood battles against being sent to a school for the deaf and the initial reluctance of the Royal Academy of Music even to interview her. After three outstanding years as a student, culminating in being awarded the prestigious Shell/LSO Gold Medal for Percussion and Piano, we are taken to her triumphant entry on to the professional music stage, worldwide tours, the excitement of recording her first album, and the honour of a solo concert and the 1989 Prom Season.

Arts & Literature

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Beat it ! African Dances is a brilliant resource for both general and more specialized music teachers working with beginner percussion groups. It presents sixteen contrasting workshops based on four African dances, providing invaluable material. Inspired by the thrilling traditional music of Africa this book demonstrates how to develop a range of rhythmic ideas using everyday classroom percussion and the body. The group's work will culminate in performances of the four dances (with or without the enhanced CD backings provided), ideal for school concerts or assemblies.

Beat It! African Dances: Group Percussion for Beginners, Book & CD (Faber Edition)

Arts & Photography

Cameron, Paul

Music

Alfred Music

Elementary Instrumental/Rhythm Collection.

Beat It! Caribbean Street Music: Group Percussion for Beginners (Book & CD) (Faber Edition)

Faber&Faber

Good Vibrations: My Autobiography

Magna Large Print Books

The autobiography of Evelyn Glennie, the world's first full-time virtuoso percussionist who, since the age of 12, has been profoundly deaf. It describes her upbringing on a remote Scottish farm, her childhood battles against being sent to a school for the deaf and the initial reluctance of the Royal Academy of Music even to interview her. After three outstanding years as a student, culminating in being awarded the prestigious Shell/LSO Gold Medal for Percussion and Piano, we are taken to her triumphant entry on to the professional music stage, worldwide tours, the excitement of recording her first album, and the honour of a solo concert and the 1989 Prom Season.

Thorndike Pr

For many years, James Blades's famous book has been referred to as the percussionist's bible. It is established as the definitive reference work on the subject. Last updated by the author in 2005 and now back in print, this extended edition includes two additional chapters. The first covers the rise of the solo percussionist by the world's leading practitioner, Dame Evelyn Glennie who also contributes a new Foreword, while recent developments in orchestral percussion are covered by Neil Percy, Head of Timpani and Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music and Principal Percussionist of the London Symphony Orchestra.

Percussion Instruments and Their History: James Blades

Percy, Neil

Kahn & Averill Pub

“It is my belief that there is no such thing as silence,” declares profoundly Evelyn Glennie. In Listen World!, the Grammy Award-winning percussionist challenges misconceptions about deafness, and asserts instead the incredible world of sound she lives in. Having dedicated her entire life to breaking boundaries, Glennie now seeks to transform the entire world – to listen, and to teach others to listen.
Listen World! is an incredible insight into the mind behind a musical revolution. From innovative collaborations with choreographers to the incorporation of technology into her work, from her performance at the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony to her production of Shakespeare, Glennie has undoubtedly changed the way we think of sound in the world. More than that, her autobiography gives an unprecedented sense of the character, passion and heart behind it all. In listening to her story, every reader moves one step closer to the compassionate, sensitive, and individual new world she imagines.
“I’ve never met anyone who listens with as much of herself—mind, body, and heart—as does Dame Evelyn Glennie. Her listening is a bridge, a profound and self-giving attentiveness that can heal what can’t be cured. I was blessed to learn from Evelyn what it means to truly listen, and I trust you will be as well.”—Michael Verde, Founder of Memory Bridge
“In this immensely personal book, Evelyn Glennie asks us to listen with our whole being to the magic of music”—Keith Howard, Professor of Music, SOAS, University of London
"This book is an invitation to tap into the wonders of listening, what that means to you and everything you engage in. What happens when you engage with the chatter in your head? When you travel to school and college. Is listening only about sound or can our whole body be a resonating chamber? Is listening about observing? How can we begin to enhance our relationship to ‘listening’ and how can it influence all the decisions you make from minute to minute? My experience is that listening is an activity that never sleeps… even when we are asleep we continue to listen! What an opportunity we have to re-engage, rethink, revisit our everyday lives to make what we do much more vivid and meaningful, and as a result, feel part of the wonders of the world?"— Evelyn Glennie

Listen World! (Hearing Others' Voices)

Balestier Press

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Good Vibrations

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Beat It! African Dances: Group Percussion for Beginners, Book & CD (Faber Edition)

Beat It! Caribbean Street Music: Group Percussion for Beginners (Book & CD) (Faber Edition)

Good Vibrations: My Autobiography

Good Vibrations

Percussion Instruments and Their History: James Blades

Listen World! (Hearing Others' Voices)