Dame Evelyn Glennie CH, Robert Gordon University’s Chancellor, discusses widening participation among underrepresented groups and eliminating barriers to higher education, drawing from her lived experiences.
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.
The Evelyn Glennie Collection – Gathering Momentum
Volunteers change the world in so many different and positive ways. They can be the shakers of the world. Over the past 6 years I have been blessed with a truly amazing group of volunteers from different walks of life who have dedicated themselves towards the formation of The Evelyn Glennie Collection. The following blog has been written by Caroline … Read More
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
Who’s Listening?
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas I wonder how often we pause to reflect on how much we interpret the world we live in, or how much we translate it? We may see a grassy lawn and accept it as just that…or we may pause, look at it, smell it, note its texture and colors and thickness, and notice life in the blades … 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
Progress of The Evelyn Glennie Collection
5 years ago, The Evelyn Glennie Collection was beginning life as a pile of boxes… Today, the Collection is becoming organised and shaping up to be a vast and precious resource that tells the story of Evelyn’s career… Our team of volunteers are still working away to collate the huge number of concert programmes, correspondences, audio and visual recordings, musical … 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