Glennie

British  

/ ˈɡlɛnɪ /

noun

1. Dame Evelyn ( Elizabeth Ann ). born 1965, Scottish percussionist and composer; profundly deaf since the age of twelve

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Glennie

The eight-week season will feature 86 concerts in London, Gateshead, Bristol, Middlesborough, Sunderland and Mold, with appearances by percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, soprano Louise Alder and pianist Yuja Wang.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

Glennie: There’s a kind of unspoken understanding that comes from a shared experience of deafness, one that goes beyond language or conventional musical cues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

Antrobus and Glennie are two of today’s most accomplished Deaf artists at the flashpoint of music and poetry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

The band's bassist Jim Glennie believes the group were encouraged to keep going in their early years because gigs in Scotland were so good.

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

Leaving the Glennie Isles we examined the coast beyond Cape Liptrap;* and from thence made the best of our way to Western Port.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea by Stokes, John Lort