Evelyn Glennie helps support vulnerable, disadvantaged young people at state and independent boarding schools throughout the UK. She has also been the Patron of the London School of Samba since 1993. She achieved a new kind of recognition in June 2016 when her name was the solution to an anagram clue in the Everyman Crossword in the UK's Observer Sunday newspaper - "Percussionist playing line gently, even with time running out (6,7)". Performed a scene with Sesame Street regular Linda Bove. Evelyn Glennie Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist. She has been profoundly deaf
Music and the Deaf Music and the Deaf Music and the Deaf is a national and international charity based in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1988 by deaf musician Dr Paul Whittaker, OBE to provide musical opportunities and access for children and adults who live with any degree of hearing loss. Since 2015 the charity has been helmed by Danny Lane, both a profoundly deaf musician and Artistic Director. British composer, Benson Taylor, is the incumbent patron. Music and the Deaf is a charity nationally and internationally claiming to provide musical opportunities and access for children and adults who live with any