M2 Education: Recorder is a real turn-off for kids.(Features)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  July 23, 2002 ;     274 words ...CHILDREN find playing the recorder so boring that it...University. 'Although the recorder is an inexpensive...opportunity for many children to gain experience...music-making, we found that children do not associated playing the recorder with their musical...

Report says playing recorders puts many children off music

AP Worldstream;  July 3, 2002 ;     250 words ......music rooms _ but children find playing the recorder so boring and...Although the recorder is an inexpensive...opportunity for many children to gain experience...we found that children do not associate playing the recorder with their musical...

Recorder is not a real instrument, say pupils.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  July 5, 2002 ;     224 words ......also the most unpopular with children, according to a Midland academic. Although school children reported the recorder as the instrument the majority...It came under fire because children do not associate playing the recorder with the musical role models...move to secondary school, ...

Playing on a high note: Botetourt students find themselves drawn to the...

Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA);  May 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......pioneering the Recorder Consort at the...Courtney selected children to perform three-pa...of yarn are, the children in the ensemble...plays the alto recorder. Her instrument...and ... letting children breathe life into...affection for the recorder has broken down...barriers and given ...

Fancy Fingerwork; Here's the Recorded History of the Recorder

The Washington Post;  March 1, 2001 ;     527 words ......recorder? Yes. How do they feel about the fact that recorders are so popular in music classes? Well, to be honest, professional recorder players have mixed feelings. On the one hand, they're glad that millions of kids learn to play the recorder. On the other hand, they're miffed that the ...

Musical mission goes on the recorder.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  June 26, 2004 ;     457 words ......from playing the recorder, will coach 70 children before they perform...respects the descant recorder is ideal for teaching children how to play an...tambourines, it enables children to learn how to...But the descant recorder's high pitch makes...

Go online with The Recorder

Indianapolis Recorder;  February 15, 1997 ;     552 words ......cultural guide for events throughout the city, and The Recorder On Air Report, which airs on WAV-TV 53, thus giving...news and cultural events. Unique to the website, The Recorder offers a minority business registry which provides...inevitable." Future plans for the site include additional recorder ...

ELECTION 2004: WILL COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS

Naperville Sun, The (IL);  October 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......napersun.com. *** Will County Recorder of Deeds [] Gina M. Glasgow...Husband, James W. Glasgow; children, Deidre, 28, James, 17, Nickolas...transactions that will flow through the recorder's office. The recorder's office needs to continue to...

Harmonica blows out recorder.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 17, 2003 ;     258 words ......seen as the ideal replacement for the recorder, which is blamed for putting generations...experiment is steering schools away from the recorder - which official advisers fear is too...Johnny Mars has been drafted in to teach children of seven and eight in Portsmouth, under...basic playing. Mars, 61, ...

Information wanted: The Curse of Caste, Minnie's Sacrifice, and the...

African American Review;  December 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......as their flagship educational institution. (1) The Recorder was structured in such a way that portrayed this thickening...less communicative correspondents to send items, the Recorder, on the whole, suffered no shortage of copy. Indeed...it was exactly from the mid-to-late 1860s that the Recorder saw fit ...

Two square off in Black Hawk County Recorder's race.

Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  November 5, 2006 ;     697 words ......found it to be no cost savings, McCarthy said. The recorder's salary was split between the auditor and treasurer...amount of supervisors and workers. McCarthy said the recorder works with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources...continue to look for new ways to increase revenue in the Recorder's ...

Recorder's race features seasoned pol, veteran clerk

Lake Zurich Courier (IL);  February 29, 1996 ;     577 words ......as other loans and assignments of debt or liens. The recorder works with citizens, lawyers, title companies, bankers...and we file all kinds of liens," said Lake County Recorder Frank Nustra, who is retiring. Before his initial appointment as recorder in 1959, Nustra had worked for 20 years in the ...

Recorders `put children off music for life'

The Independent - London;  July 3, 2002 ;     236 words ......youth music by the dreaded recorder is revealed by the Economic...they approach their teens, children revolt en masse against music...pupils to continue with the recorder until they give up compulsory...durable. However, it adds: "Children do not associate playing the recorder with their ...

Memories of family travels // Take along a tape recorder to store...

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 5, 1986 ;     532 words ...A small tape recorder is a great adjunct for a...when motoring with small children. Hopefully, you will observe...to spread on the laps of children who snack in the car. A...been separated from our children, ages 4 and 6. They each...

Pupils out of tune with recorder

The Scotsman;  July 3, 2002 ;     241 words ......pupils are taught to play the recorder than any other instrument...progress of more than 1,200 children through their last year of...of the sound emitted by the recorder and felt it was closer to...University, warned that unless children are given the chance to choose...agree that the sound of a ...