Talk with a partner. Evelyn Glennie says listening to music with only your ears is trying to understand a person with only your eyes. What do you think this means? ( Nói với bạn cùng nhóm. Evelyn Glennie nói rằng nghe nhạc chỉ nghe bằng tai thì cũng giống như chúng ta hiểu mọi người chỉ bằng mắt. Bạn nghĩ câu đó nghĩa là gì?)

The feel of music

On of the world’s most famous musicians “hear” through her feet. Evelyn Glennie is profoundly deaf- she has very serious hearing loss. She plays music by feeling the movement of sounds.

As a child, Glennie learned to play several musical instruments and was especially good at piano. But when she was eight, she started to have hearing problems. That did not stop Glennie’s love for music. She soon realized that she could “heat” notes in her feet and body.

At age 12, Glennie decided to take drum lesson. She studied at England’s well- known Royal Academy of Music at 16. At 23, she won her first Grammy. Glennie now plays more than 100 concerns a year. She practices and performs with no shoes on.

Glennie performs with world- famous musicians like the Kodo Japanese drummers, Bjork, and orchestras in the United States and Europe. She is also a keen collector of percussion instruments. She owns more than 1,800 drums and other instruments.

Answer the questions about The feel of music ( Trả lời câu hỏi về “The feel of music”)

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Complete the timeline. Write the letters of the events below. ( Hoàn thành mốc thời gian. Viết các chữ cái sau vào các sự kiện dưới dây)

a. studies at the Royal Academy of Music

b. wins her first Grammy

c. starts to have hearing problems

d. performs with famous musicians

e. starts to take drum lessons