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The City Lit Percussion Orchestra
It seems fitting to publish our first exciting news of the year during the Unesco Week of Sound 2024, which is currently being marked worldwide. January also happens to be our anniversary month – The...
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A very special donation…
The Evelyn Glennie Collection is a major resource for research, not only for percussionists and musicologists but where the entry points can be through history, geography, science, sociology etc. The...
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1st Earith, Bluntisham & Colne Scouts sleep in boxes for charities
The 1st Earith, Bluntisham and Colne Scouts slept in cardboard boxes to raise money for two local charities. The Scouts’ chosen charities were The Evelyn Glennie Foundation and St Ives Foodbank.The...
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More Than Simply Drums & Cymbals…
The wonderful Volunteer team for The Evelyn Glennie Collection have been working incredibly hard to bring this booklet together and we are delighted to be able to share it with you now. ‘More Than...
View ArticleEvelyn receives the Julian Bream Award
Dame Evelyn Glennie has been awarded the Musicians’ Company’s inaugural Julian Bream Award. This award honours the lifetime achievement of an internationally recognised instrumentalist who has...
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How listening can make a difference
Evelyn and I left Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire to the soft whispering of waves breaking on a sandy beach. Bit disconcerting as the nearest stretch of sea is at least 50 miles away. The sound, in fact,...
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Evelyn Glennie: Sound Creator – coming September 2024
All my congratulations to Dr Georgina Hughes on her upcoming book publication “Evelyn Glennie: Sound Creator”. Here is a snippet from the publisher’s description: A case study of a pioneering musician...
View ArticleAn Evening with Evelyn Glennie – HMP Askham Grange
An Evening with Evelyn Glennie by Anon, resident at HMP Askham Grange When I arrived in the ballroom, I saw a large amount of different instruments and I instantly thought, “this is going to be good!”...
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New Release: Tangled Goodbye
‘Tangled Goodbye’ is a collaborative, improvised album from decorated solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, virtuoso bassist John Edwards, experimental guitarist and cellist Owen Gardner and...
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New Release: Another Noise – Raymond Antrobus & Evelyn Glennie
“Collaborations often start from a seed of curiosity. They are a great opportunity to explore no-mans territory and journey into something that is surprising and fruitful. Part of this journey is to...
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