Recorder

Recorder lessons are a wonderful introduction to the world of instrumental instruction. Learners from grades 1-7 can take recorder as an instrument. Sight reading and aural training also receive attention during lessons. The recorder has many advantages:

• It is an exceptionally versatile instrument and (compared with other wind instruments) can be started at a relatively early age.
• The cost is low and it is readily available in the widest variety of makes.
• It is a handy, light and mobile instrument.
• Recorder playing develops the ear, because it leads to the intensification and refinement of listening.
• Students will learn the correct posture, breathing techniques, fingerings and music notation as they develop the repertoire.
• It offers your child an opportunity to express themselves during the most creative time of their lives.
• It offers your child a situation where goals are set and achieved, helping them learn that rewards are earned through practice and perseverance.
• The different sizes of recorders that are learned over the course of time are an investment – they need not be replaced.
• It provides possibilities for ensemble playing.
• There is a large repertoire of early, high Baroque and modern periods for solo work, accompanied works and ensemble music.

Lessons are 25 minutes (once or twice per week).

Music fees per term:
R 1104 (50 minutes per week)
R 552 (25 minutes per week)
Educator: Nelmarie Strydom