Beverly Glenn-Copeland has shared that she has been diagnosed with dementia. The 80-year-old Canadian-based composer announced the news alongside his wife and creative partner, Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland. He also shared that his upcoming tour with Elizabeth will be their last live performances. See a list of those final shows below.
“We want to challenge the mainstream image of this disease, which focuses on loss. We’re actively asking the universe to show us where life is here,” Glenn-Copeland said in part about the diagnosis. “I want to thank Elizabeth for her endless care and support and her brilliance of creative vision that often goes unnoticed. It’s because of him that I can still join you on stage for this tour, which will be my last.”
Glenn-Copeland, whose groundbreaking, decades-long musical career spans folk, avant-jazz, ambient and more, has seen a creative renaissance since the 2016 rediscovery of his 1986 LP. Keyboard fantasies. In 2023, he released his first new album in 20 years, Those ahead. His life and art were also reflected in a career-spanning collection Transmissionsas well as the documentary 2019 Keyboard fantasies.
Beverly Glenn Copeland.
09-26 Montreal, Quebec – Rialto Theater*
09-30 Brooklyn, New York – Pioneer Works #
10-05 Saugerties, NY – Opus 40 #
* With Mimi O’Bonsauin
# Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Friends. The Salon Evening:
