WLRN

Recorders, the woodwind music instruments, are on the decline in British classrooms

RASCOE: If you somehow managed to escape attending one of these concerts, the recorder is a woodwind music instrument. It's got a thumb hole and seven finger holes. And when it's played by a gaggle of ...
KQED

In Praise of the Humble Recorder — a Gateway Instrument for Millions of Schoolchildren

Remember the recorder? It’s that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that’s often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to. But ...
The Hour

Recorder Society to hold its first playing session

RIDGEFIELD -- When Recorder Society of Connecticut members gather to play music, they do not know what pieces they will play until the moment a recorder coach presents them with music. "We're sight ...

Classroom music lessons: Is the era of learning the recorder at school over? The instruments taking its place

The windy whistles and birdlike burbling of the recorder, once a mainstay of classroom music lessons, appear to be slowly ...
KCRW

In praise of the humble recorder — a gateway instrument for millions of schoolchildren

Remember the recorder? It's that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that's often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to. A ...
The Scotsman

Classroom music lessons: Is the era of learning the recorder at school over? The instruments taking its place

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