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California Chronicle | Documentary about deaf percussionist screens in Ventura next week
When vibrations hit our eardrums and stimulate auditory nerves, we hear. So hearing, in a sense, is a kind of touch.
Deaf classical percussionist Evelyn Glennie would agree.
The Scottish musician is the subject of Thomas Riedelsheimer's 2004 documentary "Touch the Sound," which will be shown on Wednesday, June 2, at the WAV Theater Gallery in Ventura to begin a new monthly screening series sponsored by the Ventura Film Society and WAV (Working Artists Ventura) community.
Glennie, born in 1965, began to lose her hearing at around age 12 -- just as she was just getting interested in the snare drum. She learned how to sense the vibrations of notes, and is now a full-time solo percussionist as well as a composer and motivational speaker.
She performs frequently and has collaborated with many musicians and ensembles including Bela Fleck, Bjork, Bobby McFerrin, Emmanuel Ax and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir She's also appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman," "60 Minutes" and "Sesame Street."
Glennie won a Grammy Award with David Corkhill, Murray Perahia and George Solti for best chamber music performance in 1988 for their recording of Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. In 2001, she was one of the artists who performed on Fleck's Grammy-winning classical-crossover album "Perpetual Motion."
The film, however, said director Riedelsheimer, "deliberately avoids what makes up Evelyn's musical everyday life: her concerts and performances with the biggest orchestras of the world. Instead, journeys of sound occur -- to places foreign or familiar," including "small, improvised sessions with other musicians from around the globe."
After making the film, Riedelsheimer said, "I hear differently -- simply by being more aware."
The screening will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday at 175 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $7 for seniors, students and WAV residents. For more information, call 628-2299 or visit Ventura Film Society.
When vibrations hit our eardrums and stimulate auditory nerves, we hear. So hearing, in a sense, is a kind of touch.
Deaf classical percussionist Evelyn Glennie would agree.
The Scottish musician is the subject of Thomas Riedelsheimer's 2004 documentary "Touch the Sound," which will be shown on Wednesday, June 2, at the WAV Theater Gallery in Ventura to begin a new monthly screening series sponsored by the Ventura Film Society and WAV (Working Artists Ventura) community.
Glennie, born in 1965, began to lose her hearing at around age 12 -- just as she was just getting interested in the snare drum. She learned how to sense the vibrations of notes, and is now a full-time solo percussionist as well as a composer and motivational speaker.
She performs frequently and has collaborated with many musicians and ensembles including Bela Fleck, Bjork, Bobby McFerrin, Emmanuel Ax and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir She's also appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman," "60 Minutes" and "Sesame Street."
Glennie won a Grammy Award with David Corkhill, Murray Perahia and George Solti for best chamber music performance in 1988 for their recording of Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. In 2001, she was one of the artists who performed on Fleck's Grammy-winning classical-crossover album "Perpetual Motion."
The film, however, said director Riedelsheimer, "deliberately avoids what makes up Evelyn's musical everyday life: her concerts and performances with the biggest orchestras of the world. Instead, journeys of sound occur -- to places foreign or familiar," including "small, improvised sessions with other musicians from around the globe."
After making the film, Riedelsheimer said, "I hear differently -- simply by being more aware."
The screening will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday at 175 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $7 for seniors, students and WAV residents. For more information, call 628-2299 or visit Ventura Film Society.