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 ...

Only one in six children are now learning the recorder at school, new research has found, marking a significant drop in its popularity over the past ten years. A report by the Associated Board of ...

Recorders, the woodwind music instruments, are on the decline in British classrooms By Ayesha Rascoe Published May 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM EDT Listen • 3:57 ...

The small plastic instrument has long been the go-to instrument in elementary schools. But it is capable of so much more than ...

That's when a French-born instrument-maker named Arnold Dolmetsch sparked a recorder revival. He began promoting it as an instrument for teaching music in schools.

That's when a French-born instrument-maker named Arnold Dolmetsch sparked a recorder revival. He began promoting it as an instrument for teaching music in schools. Dolmetsch and Carl Orff, the ...

That’s when a French-born instrument-maker named Arnold Dolmetsch sparked a recorder revival. He began promoting it as an instrument for teaching music in schools. Dolmetsch and Carl Orff, the ...