Touch the Sound (soundtrack) Touch the Sound (soundtrack) Touch the Sound is a soundtrack by Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie of the 2004 documentary film "Touch the Sound" by German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer about Glennie, who is profoundly deaf. It was released on CD in 2004 by German record label, Normal. The soundtrack consists of musical improvisations by Glennie, solo and with other musicians, including English experimental musician Fred Frith. Glennie and Frith were filmed improvising in an abandoned sugar factory in Dormagen, Germany, and six of the tracks on the soundtrack were recorded in the factory. In 2007 Frith and Glennie released an album,
Miss & Mister Deaf World Miss & Mister Deaf World Miss & Mister Deaf World (MMDW) is an international beauty pageant which crowns young Deaf women to "Miss Deaf World" and young Deaf men to "Mister Deaf World" every year, usually in Prague, in the Czech Republic. MMDW is a Nonprofit organization which was created in 2001. The pageant is organised by companies MISS DEAF s.r.o. and MISS – MISTER DEAF s.r.o., and their president is Josef Uhlir. The official language in the contest is International Sign Language, and the crystal crowns for all the finalists are made by Astera-glass. By the rules of the