“THE SOUNDS TRULY DO RESONATE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BODY AND TOTALLY ENGULFS YOUR VERY BEING! THEY ARE SO UNUSUAL AND PRESENT WHEREBY THERE IS NO OPTION BUT TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE RESONANCE OF EACH SOUND” — DAME EVELYN GLENNIE CINEMATIC PERCUSSION, IMPOSSIBLE AFTERSHOCKS For years, half the magic of sound has been disregarded. Films and trailers have delivered gigantic … Read More
Listen: an empowering children’s book
It was such a pleasure to collaborate with the wonderful children’s author Shannon Stocker and the superb illustrator Devon Holzwarth on Listen, a gorgeous and empowering children’s picture book biography about my early life.
Wash – Single out now!
Less is definitely more in this newly released single, Wash, co-written with Keeley Forsyth, Ross Downes and myself. The Sabian spiral bowed cymbal creates the backdrop for Keeley’s haunting voice. ‘Wash’ is taken from Keeley’s forthcoming LP release, Limbs, released 22nd February 2022 and available on pre-order now. #Sabiancymbals #songwriters #percussion #KeeleyForsyth #RossDownes #TeachTheWorldToListen
Seeking a new Volunteer!
Part of The Evelyn Glennie Collection – you could be working here! Would you like to contribute to the development of The Evelyn Glennie Collection? Dame Evelyn, the world renowned percussionist, has a vast collection of instruments, international awards, recordings, photographs, performance costumes, concert programmes, music scores and newspaper cuttings. The Collection and our Volunteer Team are located in Huntingdon, … Read More
Sustainable Creative Careers: Your Own Best Health – Evelyn Glennie
Picture: Evelyn Glennie by Jim Callaghan For the first in a new series of articles on maintaining our own best health, solo percussionist (and BAPAM patron) Dame Evelyn Glennie spoke with us about looking after mind and body while managing the pressures of global tours… Evelyn Glennie is the world’s premier solo percussionist, performing worldwide with the greatest orchestras and … Read More
Evelyn is the new Chancellor of Robert Gordon University
Internationally renowned solo percussionist and double GRAMMY award winner, Dame Evelyn Glennie CH, has been installed as Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) new Chancellor in an official ceremony. Dame Evelyn Glennie CH, who was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music from RGU in 2016, has taken on the mantle of the new titular head of RGU. As Chancellor, Dame Evelyn will … Read More
Ox and Lamb Music Club
Evelyn has recently composed a beautiful new piece for solo 5-octave marimba for the 2021 Ox and Lamb Music Club entitled ‘Going Home’. Going Home is dedicated to my dear friend, Lauren Vogel Weiss.The piece has a Scottish traditional ‘Slow Air’ feel, and can be interpreted as lyrically and expressively as possible, with ebbs & flows within the phrases, rather … Read More
Soundtrack for Academy Award winning Sound of Metal out now
The original motion picture soundtrack for the critically acclaimed and Academy Award-winning film Sound of Metal is available on all digital service providers via Nonesuch Records today. Winner of two Academy Awards—for Sound and Editing—Sound of Metal’s soundtrack, which features a score by Abraham Marder and Nicolas Becker, highlights the film’s extraordinary sonic design and includes music written specifically for the project as well … Read More
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR HISTORY – New edition out now!
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR HISTORY By James Blades With additional chapters by Evelyn Glennie and Neil Percy Forewords by Benjamin Britten and Evelyn Glennie An enlarged edition of Blades’ definitive guide to the percussion instruments from around the world and their uses. James Blades was a legend among instrumentalists of the twentieth century. Through his performance and exploration of the … Read More
New Chancellor of Robert Gordon University
I am thrilled to announce my appointment as the new Chancellor of Robert Gordon University taking over from Sir Ian Wood in the summer. I am really looking forward to acting as an ambassador, helping to raise RGU’s profile regionally, nationally and internationally.