Evelyn Glennie the mouth organ and the clarinet. Other major influences were Glenn Gould, Jacqueline du Pré and Trilok Gurtu. She studied at Ellon Academy and the Royal Academy of Music, and was also a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland. She was a member of the Cults Percussion Ensemble, formed in 1976 by local musical educator Ron Forbes. They toured and recorded one album, which was re-released on Trunk Records in 2012. Glennie tours extensively in the northern hemisphere, spending up to four months each year in the United States, and performs with a wide variety of orchestras and
Irvine Glennie Irvine Glennie Admiral Sir Irvine Gordon Glennie KCB (22 July 1892 – 8 September 1980) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station. Educated as an officer cadet at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Glennie joined the Royal Navy in 1905 and served in the First World War in the Home Fleet and in the Grand Fleet. He joined the Staff at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1922 and then commanded Destroyers from 1925. He was appointed Flag Captain commanding and Chief of Staff to