A case study of a pioneering musician and an interdisciplinary appraisal of the larger social role of the artist.

Dame Evelyn Glennie (b.1965) is the world’s first full-time solo multipercussionist, a sound creator and expert listener whose work continues to expand and diversify the remit of the contemporary performer in the twenty-first century. This book presents the first comprehensive study of Glennie’s contribution to the evolution of an eclectic, experimental and fascinating instrumental discipline which wilfully eludes standardization.

Glennie’s sound journey also resonates in contexts extending beyond the discipline of music. She is a prominent female role model, an entrepreneur, a business and brand, a philanthropist and a profoundly deaf performer who has reframed discourse on what it means to truly listen. This book is both a case study of one pioneering musician and an interdisciplinary appraisal of the larger social role of the artist. An important reference source for percussionists, it is also intended to serve as a means of allowing the interested reader to engage with a medium that has become the heartbeat of contemporary culture.

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Image description: The book cover of Georgina Hughes’ book Evelyn Glennie: Sound Creator, featuring a striking, colour photo portrait of Evelyn. She is wearing a black leather jacket, black trousers and black heeled boots, complimented by a black and silver glittery scarf. She is stood against a white backdrop, and her grey hair is worn loose over her shoulders. She is leaning forwards, and is holding and playing a Waterphone using a bow. The Waterphone is mostly silver metal, made up of a hollow central tube which leads into a hollow plate-shaped base, with brass metal prongs coming up from the base. The photo is courtesy of Stephen Iliffe’s Deaf Mosaic project. Georgina Hughes is then written in black all-caps font, and Evelyn Glennie, Sound Creator is written in pink all-caps font.