Briefly sum up Evelyn 's journey as a musician?
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Evelyn grew-up in rural surroundings on the family farm, beginning her lifelong love of animals. She and her two brothers, Roger and Colin, had a modest and traditional upbringing (she still speaks Doric, the local dialect). Nobody suspected that the little girl running round with the chickens would become one of the world’s most renowned musicians. Yet, Evelyn showed creative flair from an early age. She took part in country dancing contests, won a national art competition at the age of 5 and was playing piano in old people’s homes at the age of 10.
Evelyn's Early Years
August 1977
Entering Ellon Academy
Evelyn’s Secondary School years would prove to be some of her most formative. It was at Ellon Academy that she met her first percussion teacher, Ron Forbes, who remains a lifelong friend. This was also when she discovered she was losing her hearing. Ron was quick to help Evelyn achieve her goal of becoming a percussionist. Together they worked on new ways of thinking about hearing and feeling instruments. Ever the determined woman, Evelyn took part in an 8-hour non-stop marathon of solo piano and percussion playing to raise money for a Phonic Ear for herself and her school. Evelyn’s time at Ellon Academy included other important milestones. In 1979, she appeared on two publically available recordings for the first time, one with Cults Percussion Ensemble and one with fellow Ellon Academy musicians (pictured). At the age of 13 she composed A Little Prayer, a simple chorale for solo marimba, which has endured as one of her most popular and celebrated compositions.
September 1982
Moved to London
Intensely focussed on pursuing a career as a solo percussionist, Evelyn left Scotland to continue her training in London. Initially unable to enter the Royal Academy of Music or the Royal College of Music, the Academy changed their mind about Evelyn’s deafness being a problem and offered her a second chance. Evelyn quickly proved to be a pioneering musician, developing relationships with performing groups around London and commissioning composers to write new repertoire for solo percussion. It was at the Royal Academy of Music that Evelyn met another highly influential teacher, the revered percussionist James Blades.
January 1985
First Television Appearance
Recorded the previous year amid a flurry of activity in her blossoming career (which included receiving a Shell/London Symphony Orchestra scholarship), the BBC broadcast a documentary about Evelyn’s incredible story entitled A Will to Win. Yorkshire Television followed quickly with their own documentary, Good Vibrations, marking an emerging trend of regular TV appearances, which continues to this day. One of Evelyn’s television highlights was her appearance on Sesame Street alongside Oscar the Grouch. She has been seen all over the world talking and performing on chat shows (including The Late Show with David Letterman) and featured in yet more biographical documentaries (including episodes of The South Bank Show and the BBC’s What Do Artists Do All Day?). Evelyn has also made musical and on-screen contributions to commercials and feature films, most notably Thomas Riedelsheimer’s award winning Touch the Sound in 2004.
February 1988
First GRAMMY Award
Evelyn has received two GRAMMYs in her career so far. The first, awarded for a recording of Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, came in 1988. Just 23 at the time, Evelyn featured alongside revered names: Sir Georg Solti, Murray Perahia and David Corkhill, principal percussionist of the Philharmonia Orchestra when the recording was made. She would release her first solo album, Rhythm Song, later the same year. Evelyn’s subsequent GRAMMY was awarded for her recording of Corigliano’s percussion concerto The Conjurer (with the Albany Symphony Orchestra under David Alan Miller).
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