A new report suggests that only about one in six children are now learning to play the recorder, marking a decline in its popularity over the past decade. However, the study by the ABRSM, the exam ...

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 ...

Once a week, every week at primary school, we would gather cross-legged on the classroom floor in a circle, wielding a recorder. The ear-splitting sound of Three Blind Mice (or something akin to it) ...

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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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