Beverly Glenn-Copeland has shared that he has been identified with dementia. The 80-year-old Canada-based composer introduced the information alongside his spouse and artistic accomplice, Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland. He additionally shared that his upcoming tour dates with Elizabeth shall be their closing stay performances. See an inventory of these closing exhibits beneath.
“We wish to problem the mainstream picture of this sickness, which focuses on loss. We’re actively asking the universe to point out us the place the life is right here,” Glenn-Copeland mentioned, partially, in regards to the analysis. “I wish to thank Elizabeth for her endless caregiving and help, and for the brilliance of her artistic imaginative and prescient, which has usually gone unnoticed. It’s due to her that I’m nonetheless in a position to be a part of you onstage for this tour, which shall be my final.”
Glenn-Copeland, whose revolutionary, decades-long music profession spans people, avant-jazz, ambient, and extra, noticed a artistic renaissance following the 2016 rediscovery of his 1986 LP Keyboard Fantasies. In 2023, he launched his first new album in 20 years, The Ones Forward. His life and artwork was additionally captured within the career-spanning compilation Transmissions, in addition to the 2019 documentary Keyboard Fantasies.
Beverly Glenn-Copeland:
09-26 Montreal, Quebec – Rialto Theatre*
09-30 Brooklyn, NY – Pioneer Works #
10-05 Saugerties, NY – Opus 40 #
* with Mimi O’Bonsawin
# Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Buddies: The Salon Night
