For our latest project Ways of Listening, we’re looking for your creative responses about what listening means to you - so what could the infinity gong tell you about the way that YOU approach listening? citiesandmemory.com/listening/

Meet the infinity gong! @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social introduces us to this marvel, and what this means for listening in terms of how you approach an instrument, or a situation. Listening is about introducing yourself with care and attention, whether it’s to a gong, or to another person.

Could your response to our Ways of Listening project make use of simple everyday items in a new way? Find out more about how to get involved with our brilliant project with The Evelyn Glennie Foundation: citiesandmemory.com/listening/

What can humble recycled plastic bottles teach us about listening? @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social walks us through the amazing home-made flair drum, and how it encourages us to listen to the household items that surround us every day for a “myriad of different sound colours”.

Cities and Memory founder Stuart Fowkes tells us why Ways of Listening breaks new ground as our first ever multidisciplinary creative project. Find out how you can get involved in our partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social and @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social: citiesandmemory.com/listening

The project is global, open to everyone and multidisciplinary. For the first time in a Cities and Memory project, we are welcoming the full range of multimedia responses. • Sound composition/music • Field recording • Video • Photography • Drawing, painting, image or artwork •Poetry or prose

The project aims to raise awareness of the critical importance of listening in all its forms, and the benefits that better listening can bring to us all. We want to put art and creativity at the centre of a global conversation about listening. citiesandmemory.com/listening/

We’re proud to launch Ways of Listening, a new partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social that is open to everyone. This unique global project asks you to share your answer to one simple question - “What does listening mean to you?” @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social citiesandmemory.com/listening

This Trustees’ Week, we’re celebrating some of the incredible trustees shaping The Evelyn Glennie Foundation. Thank you to our board for shaping a future where listening transforms lives. #TrusteesWeek #TeachTheWorldToListen Detailed image descriptions of the 4 images available in Alt Text

We are working on something special with City Lit — and yes, listening is at the heart of it. Here is Founder Dame Evelyn Glennie with trustees Gethyn and Gem on a recent site visit. Watch this space! #TeachTheWorldToListen #TogetherWeListen

1/2 As Deaf Awareness Month continues, we’re sharing a moment of connection through music. Dame Evelyn Glennie and Lois, both profoundly deaf, engage in sound and communication in different ways.

So heartening to see 15-year-old Owen Cooper place listening at the centre of his Emmy-winning journey. Listening helps us grow, connect, and believe in ourselves. Let’s teach the world to listen. #TheEvelynGlennieFoundation #TeachTheWorldToListen Image description in Alt Text.

What if your team could connect more deeply — simply by learning to listen? Our inclusive team-building sessions, offered in-person or online, help organisations strengthen collaboration, build empathy, and improve communication. Start a conversation: bit.ly/3JAHgXu #TeachTheWorldToListen

Yesterday was #WorldHumanitarianDay. We’ve been reflecting on how listening — truly listening — can help us respond to others with care and empathy. Those who help others often carry heavy stories. Listening is one way we can support them too. What does real listening mean to you?

"Listening wakes us up to our responsibility to each other." - Dame Evelyn Glennie #TheEvelynGlennieFoundation #TheEvelynGlennieFDN #EvelynGlennieFD #TeachTheWorldToListen #QuoteOfTheMonth #MotivationalQuotes #InspirationalQuotes #Empowerment #Inclusion #WordsWithMeaning

Our volunteer Penelope has uncovered the stories behind the music in The Evelyn Glennie Collection. Can you help us preserve this legacy? We’re looking for volunteers! Link: bit.ly/4lNe79E Image descriptions included as Alt text.

World Listening Day is on 18th July, a celebration of the power of listening, both to people and to our surroundings. We’ve created 3 simple exercises to help you explore your sound environment—on your own, with others, or in your community. Read the full blog: bit.ly/46Orvpg

This #DeafblindAwarenessWeek, we’re highlighting how communication goes beyond speech, sound — even sight. Hands-on sign language shows us that listening can be felt. It’s about connection, presence, and openness. #InclusiveListening #TeachTheWorldToListen

What if sound wasn’t just something you heard, but something you felt, moved through, and lived? It's a question we asked ourselves on a visit to Feel the Sound at @BarbicanCentre, On until 31 August. Go feel it. #FeelTheSound #TeachTheWorldToListen

In clip 2 of our series, Babs explores a frame drum like a map: tracing routes, naming places, finding meaning. Discover the project & partner with us: 🔗 www.evelynglennie.foundation/stories/a-li... #ListeningPresence #DementiaCare #EvelynGlennieFoundation

What does it mean to really listen? At @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social, we contributed to #FeelTheSound exhibition at @barbicancentre.bsky.social - an immersive journey into sound, perception & connection. Open until 31 Aug 2025, this exhibition speaks to our mission: #TeachTheWorldToListen.

"A skill of listening is experiencing the familiar as though it is new." - Dame Evelyn Glennie, @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social #TheEvelynGlennieFoundation #EvelynGlennieFD #TeachTheWorldToListen #Motivation #MotivationalQuotes #InspirationalQuotes #Empowerment #Inclusion #WordsWithMeaning

"Being the listener and being listened to are incredibly empowering." - Dame Evelyn Glennie #TheEvelynGlennieFoundation #TheEvelynGlennieFDN #EvelynGlennieFD #TeachTheWorldToListen #QuoteOfTheMonth #Motivation #MotivationalQuotes #InspirationalQuotes #Empowerment #Inclusion #WordsWithMeaning

Celebrate Deaf Awareness Week with our founder Dame Evelyn Glennie, who is profoundly deaf herself. “Beyond Silence" shows us that deafness is a unique perspective, not a limitation. Let's feel, sense, and interpret sound in new ways. #DeafAwarenessWeek #BeyondSilence #TheEvelynGlennieFoundation

In the first of a series, watch Dame Evelyn Glennie bring her unique listening presence to Babs, a woman living with dementia. We believe in the transformative power of real listening. Discover more: bit.ly/42WZZCy #TeachTheWorldToListen #DementiaCare #Partnerships

"If we were a little more aware of what and how we listen today, how would the day be different?" - Dame Evelyn Glennie, @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social #TeachTheWorldToListen #QuoteOfTheMonth #Motivation #MotivationalQuotes #InspirationalQuotes #Empowerment #Inclusion #WordsWithMeaning

True listening goes beyond sound. Sign language teaches us to see, respect, and value diverse ways of connecting. This Sign Language Week, let’s listen with our eyes, hearts, and minds. Because every gesture holds meaning. #TeachTheWorldToListen #SLW2025 #MoreThanALanguage

This BBC article highlights how noise pollution harms our well-being — from stress to disrupted sleep and worse. Our mission? Teach the World to Listen. Turn down the noise and turn up the art of listening to reduce stress, create harmony, and rediscover beauty #TeachTheWorldToListen

With International Women’s Day coming up, our founder Dame Evelyn Glennie focuses on the radical power of listening to women, and how it can reshape the global landscape of unity, empathy, and shared humanity. Read the article in full: bit.ly/3Da8PnI #TeachTheWorldToListen #IWD2025

Our Founder, Dame Evelyn Glennie is excited to announce the launch of The Evelyn Glennie Foundation’s first dedicated website — our platform to share our mission and work with the world. #TeachTheWorldToListen

Next week we launch our new website - our chance to introduce our mission and work to the wider world. Now, more than ever, we must push for a world where the value of listening is fully appreciated and recognised. Are you ready to be part of our journey? #TeachTheWorldToListen

1/3 Here at The Evelyn Glennie Foundation we've been reflecting on King Charles III's inspiring Christmas Day message and its relevance to our mission to #TeachTheWorldToListen @theroyalfamily

The Foundation has been delighted to open its doors to the eminent artist, Johnny Warrender, who is focusing on capturing images related to war and conflict. This Ugandan drum created the sound of the Morse Code on BBC Radio during WW2, played by the late James Blades.