Great Women in Music

The Wonderful Musical Women Kids Should Know About

This is one in a series of articles and podcast about women in music.


Evelyn Glennie is a wonderful woman you should know about.  When I first started to do my research about Evelyn I was intrigued right from the start.  She had performed with so many great musicians.  She was horned by her country with the title of Dame Evelyn Glennie for playing music.  Now that is something different.  Could you image president George Bush giving you a national tile for playing your musical instrument?  The more I read about Evelyn the more I liked her.  I had a chance to interview Evelyn in person and I blew it.  I got too busy doing things that in retrospect, were not that important.  The last time she was at Royce Hall at UCLA was ten years ago.  Kid's Talk Radio  sent two people to Royce Hall to hear Evelyn Glennie play live.  She is a fantastic speaker and her solo percussion concert was a treat.  We invite you to visit Google and to type in her name for more important details about this super star.  We have an audiotape, which is a conversation between Ronnie Ciago and Barboza sharing their impression of the UCLA Royce Hall Concert featuring Evelyn Glennie.  

Evelyn Glennie spent some quality time with students in the Los Angeles Unified Students and Kid's Talk Radio LA is going to report on what she did with the kids.  We will get back to you with more news on Evelyn.  We hope that she does not wait ten years to return back to the United States.  It is important that more kids learn about this wonderful woman of music and the world.

Bob Barboza
Kid's Talk Radio