400 years ago, the recorder was so popular that people were writing concertos for it. Now, we associate it with primary school music lessons. We’re here to explain why... Long before the recorder was ...

A new report suggests only around one in six children now learns the recorder after a decline in its popularity over the past decade(Marek Uliasz/Alamy/PA) Only ...

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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 ...

However, the paper by the ABRSM, the exam board of the Royal Schools of Music, suggests the range of instruments now being taught is “widening”. The study compares the results of a new survey of more ...