evelyn glennie is the percussionist i had in mind - distressing to read she's taken to rolling around on stage.
but ... she's making a living and "unalloyed sincerity" - especially the "on tap" variety - certainly gets your name in the papers. - bill --- Stuart Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alain Veylit wrote: > > >Those of you listening to NPR in the Southern > California Inland Empire > >can tune in right now for an interview about the > deaf Scottish > >percussionist... > >Alain > >PS: Robin Williams does a superb immitation of a > deaf person talking, if > >that's any help.... > > > > > > > I went to a concert by Evelyn Glennie last year. She > lost her hearing as > a child; so she did once hear. The music she (and > her accompanist) > played was all > quite loud. She plays melodic instruments > (xylophones etc) perfectly, > with lots of expression. And she performs with a lot > (a lot!) of > expression in her body language > and signals the end of each piece with a broad > smile: a smile that > brooks no opposition. > > She is an amazing musician and has inspired lots of > people to compose > for her. But I found the whole concert embarrassing; > she's like a > schoolteacher > communicating to small children. One piece in the > concert has her > rolling about on the floor banging various > percussion instruments and > shen ends up > playing a marimba or something. The piece is > supposed to represent > 'from darkness to light'. Not postmodern irony, not > existential angst - > pure, unalloyed > sincerity. As the Americans say; Yuk! > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com
