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 ...

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A report tracking UK music education trends has seen the number of children who play the recorder fall to new lows Other instruments like the ukulele are growing in popularity, signalling a potential ...

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