Contact this contributing writer at lisa.knodel@gmail.com. When people think about recorders, they remember their squeaky elementary school rehearsals. However, one local group is taking the ...

Among the musicians who flourished in early 17th-century Italy must have been some extraordinary recorder players. How else to explain the masterpieces for this instrument that flowed from the pens of ...

The recorder often inflicts squeaky torture on parents. Music teacher Valerie DePriest explains why it became a staple in music education. When Lebanon-born George Semaan came to the United States via ...