*2. The
Sound of Music*
*Part
–I Evelyen Glennie (Deborah Cowley)*
Very Short Type Question-Answer
*1. Where is The Royal Academy of Music situated at?*
Ans. London
*2. How old was Evelyn when she went to the Royal Academy of Music?*
Ans. Seventeen years
*3. When was her deafness first noticed?*
Ans. When she was eight years
old
*4. Which country did Evelyn tour with youth orchestra when she was
sixteen?*
Ans. The United Kingdom
*5. Which languages did she manage to learn?*
Ans. French & basic Japanese
*6. What instrument was Evelyn learning to play at her school?*
Ans. Piano
*7. Who was Isabel Glennie?*
Ans. Evelyn’s mother
*8. Where does Evelyn give free concerts?*
Ans. In prisons and hospitals
*2. The Sound of Music*
*Part –I Evelyen Glennie (Deborah Cowley)*
Short
Type Q-Ans.
*1.
How old was Evelyn when she went to the Royal Academy of Music?*
Ans. Evelyn was seventeen years old when she went
to the Royal Academy of Music in London.
*2.
When was her deafness first notice? When was it confirmed?*
Ans. Her deafness was first noticed when she was eight years old
and it was confirmed when she was eleven.
*3.
Who helped her to continue with music? What did he do and say?*
Ans. Ron Forbes helped her to continue with music. He spotted her potential and
said, “Don't listen through your ears, try to sense it some other way.” He
began by tuning two large drums to different notes.
*2. The Sound of Music*
*Part –I Evelyen Glennie (Deborah Cowley)*
Essay
Type Q-Ans.
*1.
How does Evelyn hear music?*
Ans. Evelyn could sense music through her body. While playing on the xylophone, she
could sense music through her fingertips and would learn against drums to
sense. On the wooden floors, she used to remove her shoes and sense music
through her feet moving of the legs. Evelyn hears music through her whole body. In fact she just
feels the music. She tries to feel the vibrations which create sound. While
playing drums she uses her upper and lower body to feel vibrations from
different types of drums. She even feels the music through her hair.