But this is a symphony concert hall, and Evelyn Glennie is a classical music star. At age 33, Glennie is the world's only full-time percussion soloist. Born on a Scottish farm, she is today lauded by the critics wherever she goes. And she goes constantly, with enough equipment to keep several shipping companies in business. Composers are writing new works for her.
Audiences seem to be thrilled.
Conductor Leonard Slatkin. People have always been attracted to drums. Evelyn now shows you that percussion is more than drums, and it's more than just being able to keep time. It's a whole world of colors, and vitality and energy, and subtlety that perhaps most people didn't know about before. She literally has single- handedly put the concept of a solo percussionist on the map.