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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 ...

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 ...