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 ...
Editor's Note: This story was originally reported by Monica Eng in 2017. When Lebanon-born George Semaan came to the United States via Canada during his fifth grade year, he thought every kid knew how ...
You’ve probably, as a Hong Kong student, learned to play the recorder at some point in your school life – whether you wanted to or not. Lucie Horsch, however, says that the woodwind instrument has ...
As AusMusic month closes, it's a good opportunity to consider an instrument that has made quite a contribution to the musical life of Australia. The notorious recorder has been feared by parents and ...
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 ...
Musical charities and schools across Europe are concerned fewer people are learning the recorder than in previous years. You might have been taught to play the recorder in primary school as it is ...
It's a sound that many who grew up in North America may remember from their childhood: a chorus of tinny-sounding plastic recorders playing songs like "Hot Cross Buns" in a slow, pained manner. That's ...
Top UK music school says pandemic has hastened decline in pupils playing Marmite of woodwind world Depending on your view, the recorder is an instrument of “incredible versatility” or a tool of ...