Music teachers can guide exploration of musical styles from around the world to spark elementary students’ curiosity and ...

Bogotá-born musician José Cascante was a composer and organist, and worked as Chapelmaster of his home city's cathedral from 1646 until his death, and oversaw the installation of its organ. Today's ...

When you think of a recorder, what instrument comes to mind? "Many people think of the recorder as this screechy little plastic soprano that they had in third-grade," says Zoe Tokar with a little ...

With the proliferation of Early Music ensembles and recordings over the past several decades, it may be difficult to put oneself in the mindset of what it used to be like to play the recorder - or how ...

WESTPORT -- Elise Jaeger's grandmother gave her a recorder in 1948, telling her to "make good use" of the instrument. Although it took a few decades, Jaeger, a Swiss immigrant, became impassioned ...

Like most people, Horacio Franco first played the recorder in a junior high music class. He learned to read music while rehearsing simple songs. He practiced counting a beat and moving his fingers to ...