I am absolutely thrilled to share the news that The Evelyn Glennie Foundation is now a registered charity!
The Evelyn Glennie Foundation is a charity imbued with the ethos and ambitions of its namesake. A pioneering solo percussionist, sound creator and expert listener, Evelyn’s experiences as a profoundly deaf musician have reframed our understanding of what it means to truly listen.
Our mission is to Teach the World to Listen: to facilitate inclusion, transformation and empowerment through musical creativity, participation, collaboration, advocacy and research in both educational and community contexts. The promotion of active listening and the development of communication skills are our main objectives.
Our vision is to support and provide initiatives designed to enable everyone to become expert listeners, sound creators and innovators. Our work challenges issues of social deafness by promoting better listening practices through unique cultural and artistic learning experiences. Facilitating this work, The Evelyn Glennie Foundation benefits from the rich archival resources of The Evelyn Glennie Collection, a repository of instruments and documentation with the potential to inspire new modes of creative and pedagogical collaboration.
We are committed to contributing to a better society through connection, communication, creativity and inclusion.
If you would like to follow what the Foundation is doing, you can find all of the social media platforms and ways of getting in touch gathered here: https://linktr.ee/dameevelynfdn
Header Image: © Eric Berlin
Image Description: A black and white photo of Evelyn, with The Evelyn Glennie Foundation logo in white floating over a dark section. The logo is a series of five concentric circles, with two hands reaching to meet each other, one of which is helping the other ‘up’. In the photo, Evelyn is wearing her glasses during a conversation, and is smiling broadly.