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PART 1
Evelyn Glennie listens to sound
without hearing it
▶ * Summary
▶ # ‘ Evelyn Glennie listens to sound without Hearing It’s throws light on the life of famous
Scottish mulit – percussionist Evelyn Glennie and the struggles she faced to become a
successful musician . She is a talented performer who knows how to play several
instruments perfectly . It is interesting to note that although she is completely dead , she
has an extraordinary ability to sense music through her body rather than her ears . Evelyn
was not born deaf , but she was eleven years old . Whilst she faced difficult in hearing
,that did not bog down her determination to pursue music.
Evelyn was keener to learn the xylophone at school when percussionist Ron Forbes
recognised her potential .He encouraged her to sense the music through her body instead
of her ears . After that , there was no looking back ! Evelyn continued to scale newer heights
ever since, and when she auditioned at the Royal Academy of music , she scored one of
the highest marks in the history of the music academy. She received several laurels ,
accolades and awards for her extraordinary Par excellence performance on the global
platform .In 1991 ,the Royal Philharmonic Society honoured her with the prestigious ‘Soloist of
