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Only one in six children learning recorder after drop in popularity over decade

Only around one in six children now learns the recorder after a decline in its popularity over the past decade, a new report suggests. However, the paper by the ABRSM, the exam board of the Royal ...
NPR

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 ...
KPBS

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 ...
AOL

Fewer children than ever learning the recorder at school as instrument’s popularity wanes

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 the ...