You may have played one (badly) in primary school... But the recorder is actually one of the most agile and sophisticated instruments of the baroque period. With its sweet, soothing, woody tone, and ...

There is a recorder concert next Sunday. No, it is not a group of elementary school children playing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" under the direction of their music teacher. This concert is put on by ...

On Nov. 18-20, 2022, Chatham Baroque will present The Virtuoso Recorder, a program of sparkling concertos and sonatas for recorder and strings from Baroque Italy, featuring Chatham Baroque and ...

Lucie Horsch, a 17-year-old prodigy, has just scored a major label contract, but she’s the latest of many great musicians to decide the recorder isn’t just for kids Lucie Horsch arrives with a small ...

When she was a 5-year-old growing up in Phildadelphia, Judith Linsenberg’s mother gave her the option: recorder lessons or ice skating lessons. “My mother had friend with a daughter taking recorder ...

Everybody loves the flute. Along with the drum, it's among the oldest of musical instruments, going back 35,000 to 40,000 years. In those days, they made flutes from bear bones, mammoth tusks and ...

Greensleeves to a Ground Michala Petri, Recorder Marie Nishiyama, Harp Tollets ground Michala Petri, Recorder Marie Nishiyama, Harp Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings, Movements: Largo Michala Petri ...

Pity the poor recorder, tortured in a thousand classrooms by reluctant schoolchildren. It’s still the most popular instrument learned in school, according to a survey this week, but is there any sound ...

You may have played a cheap plastic recorder in music class, but did you know that some recorders cost thousands of dollars? It can take weeks to properly craft a professional recorder, and for ...

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 ...

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