Hearing-feeling-playing: Music and movement with hard-of hearing and deaf

This wonderful book, with a foreword by Dame Evelyn Glennie is an addition to literature that considers the relationship of music and people who engage in it with the sense of hearing developed in a different way. Evelyn Glennie talks about listening in terms of sharing ideas through physical means such as facial expression and the speed or intensity of movement. She goes further in stating that to experience music is an ever growing journey of exploration and curiosity. The first three chapters are the stories of musicians who are deaf: Helga, a teacher of music in a high school; Elke whose dance experiences led her to music and the attainment of her teaching diploma for children with special needs; and Paul who founded Music and the Deaf (MatD) in the UK and whose hearing loss engaged him with the big question of what music is. These are inspirational chapters that move the reader and provoke a reflective response, leading to action.