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Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
Author: Shannon Stocker
Narrator: Elle Newlands
Unabridged: 0 hr 17 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio
Published: 04/12/2022
Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - Social Issues - Special Needs
Synopsis
A gorgeous and empowering picture book biography about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world.
"No. You can't," people said.
But Evelyn knew she could. She only had to listen.
From the moment Evelyn Glennie heard her first note, music held her heart. She could play the piano by ear at age eight, the clarinet by age ten. But soon the nerves in her ears began to degenerate, and Evelyn was told that, as a deaf girl, she could never be a musician. What sounds Evelyn couldn’t hear with her ears, though, she could feel resonate through her body, as if she were a drum, and the music she created as a result was extraordinary. All she had to do was listen in a way that others didn't. And soon, the world was listening too.
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