The sound of music

Rush hour  crowds jostly for position on the  underground train platform. A slight girl, looking younger  than her seventeen  years  , was nervous  yet excited  as she felt  the vibrations of the  approaching train. It was her  first day  at the  prestigious royal academy of music ?  in  London and daunting enough  for any  teenaged fresh a Scottish  farm . But this  aspiring musician  faced  a bigger  challenge  then  most : she was profoundly deaf.

Evelyn  Glennie 's loss of hearing had been gradual . her mother remembers noticing something was wrong when the eight - year -old Evelyn was waiting to play the piono. ''They called her name and she did't move . Isuddenly rewlised she hadn't heardv ,''says Isabel Glennie. for quite awhile Evelyn managed to conceal her growing deafness fromfriends and teachers .But by the time she was elevenher marks had deteriorated and her headmistress urged her parents to take her to a specialist .It was then discovred that her hearing was severely impairedas a result of gradual never damage .They were advised that she should be fitted with hearing aids and sent to a school for the  deaf.'' everything  suddenly looked black,'' says Evelyn. 

But Evelyn was not going to give up .she was determined to lead a normal life and pursue  her interest in music One day she noticed a girl playing a xylophone and decided that she wanted to play it too.Most