Evelyn glennie biography sats

Dame Evelyn Glennie is the first person in history to create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist, performing worldwide with the greatest orchestras and artists.

She grew up on a farm in the north-east of Scotland and was influenced by Scottish traditional music.

Section 1: Evelyn Glennie – a short biography.

Section 1: Evelyn Glennie – a short biography.

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Evelyn Glennie is a well-known musician who plays many different percussion instruments.

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A gorgeous and empowering picture book biography about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world.

Evelyn’s hearing declined from the age of 8 but she became a proficient pianist and later was introduced to percussion at the age of 12. She gained a place at The Royal Academy of Music in London at the age of 16 where she studied percussion and piano.

She quickly realised there was a life for percussion outside the orchestra and became determined to define a new genre of solo percussion. Evelyn paved the way for orchestras globally to feature percussion concerti when she played the first percussion concerto in the history of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in 1992.

Evelyn has commissioned over 200 pieces from many of the world’s most eminent composers.

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