Sunday, February 24th, 2008
Music has a role in some of my earliest social memories. Car trips with my grandpa often ended with our “listening” to his stereo by holding a mid-bass shell, which he’d take from one speaker. As the music played, that shell pulsated, conveying the beat to my fingertips. The whole ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
This inspiring video features the Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who lost almost all her hearing by the age of 12.
Instead of becoming cut off from her music, she found new ways to listen and connect to sound.
Check out the video, whose sections include:
* How To Listen
* Music as Medicine
* Audience participation
NB: Subtitles ...
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