Access All Areas with Dame Evelyn Glennie
Scala Radio launches a new show with Dame Evelyn Glennie
Last updated 3rd Feb 2023
In honour of Disability History Month, we're launching a new series hosted by Dame Evelyn Glennie as she explores access to classical music and what that means for people who experience disability.
The series called Access All Areas will ask what we can do to level the playing field for artists with different access needs. Evelyn started losing her hearing at the age of eight yet went on to become a household name as a world-renowned percussionist.
Across four Sunday evenings, Evelyn will share the music of composers with disabilities who she admires and create a space for a conversation about the future of truly accessible classical music.
Further to this, we are continuing to celebrate the musicians, festivals, venues and organisations who are leading the way to a more accessible future and encourage an exciting, challenging and thought-provoking conversation around changing habits, changing technologies and changing spaces. With contributions from the National Open Youth Orchestra, BSO Resound, Unlimited Festival, Human Instruments and Wigmore Hall, Access All Areas will outline how much the classical music industry can benefit from making itself more accessible to performers and audience members with disabilities.
You can hear Access All Areas with Dame Evelyn Glennie on Sundays from 6pm.