by Jennifer Shaw | Dec 10, 2025 | Teacher Talk |
Starting a recorder club is a fantastic way to give upper elementary and middle school students a fresh, hands-on ensemble experience. A recorder ensemble helps students build independence on their parts, develop blending and balancing skills, and explore harmony in a...
by | Jan 24, 2016 |
Young Musicians Guide to the Recorder (with CD)Composers: Charles Lauterbach (Composer) Voicing: Recorder. Description: This innovative recorder method for primary grade students combines traditional, contemporary and original songs with a well-planned learning...
by | Jul 30, 2026 |
An entirely musical method for beginning recorder by James O. Froseth This spectacular new book and compact disc set by three of the best educators in the field today contains everything you need to play the recorder. Compact disc covers all the basics: tone quality,...
by MIE | Apr 30, 2026 | Lessons |
What Makes a Wildcat Wild? from Purposeful Pathways 3 is one of those songs that gives you multiple options so you can meet your students where they are and use only what you need. Instead of a fixed sequence, you can choose what your students need and cherry-pick...
by Corbett | Mar 30, 2026 |
The Nuvo Recorder+ is a soprano recorder that is easier and more fun to play than a traditional recorder. Due to it’s unique silicone key system, the Recorder+ is less likely to screech than a traditional recorder and it has a warm mellow tone. The key system...
by Jennifer Shaw | Mar 17, 2026 | Lessons |
Whether it’s you or your sub, having a list of possibilities to use for your music class is reassuring and helpful to everyone. Create a framework to work within. Maybe begin with a video, followed by quiet background music while students color or do puzzles. Or...
by MIE | Mar 4, 2026 |
The MIE88 Soprano Recorder is a versatile 3-piece soprano recorder designed for elementary music classrooms or recorder ensembles. The 3-piece design allows players to easily adjust instrument alignment for improved hand positioning and comfort, helping support proper...
by Jennifer Shaw | Dec 7, 2025 | Teacher Talk |
When we picture recorders in the music classroom, most of us imagine students playing in unison on soprano recorder. But the moment you introduce alto, tenor, or bass recorders, the entire room shifts—students sit up, gasp, and whisper a collective “WOW!” This is...
by Corbett | Nov 22, 2025 |
Teacher Resource Book by Manju Durairaj Active Music Making With Tablets, Projectors, Computers, And Interactive Whiteboards Whether you have access to a projector and a computer, or a tablet or a cart of tablets, or whether you have an IWB and multiple tablets, you...
by Corbett | Nov 22, 2025 |
by Barb Philipak; New Levels & New Music arranged by Paul Jennings A Highly Motivational Method For Young Players The Music – This new volume has lots more music, sequenced by difficulty and designed to be played in a belt-testing environment. The selections...
by Corbett | Nov 22, 2025 |
by Barb Philipak; New Levels & New Music arranged by Paul Jennings A Highly Motivational Method For Young Players The Music – This new volume has lots more music, sequenced by difficulty and designed to be played in a belt-testing environment. The selections...
by | Nov 22, 2025 |
by Bradley Bonner. This is the second method book in Bradley Bonner’s soprano recorder series. These lessons expand on the techniques taught in “Getting Started with the Soprano Recorder,” the first book of this series, and encourage students to...
by | Nov 22, 2025 |
by Marlo Duschenes. For group work, individual teaching, or self-instruction. This books deals with the basic fingering, blowing, and musical exercises for the alto recorder.
by Corbett | Nov 22, 2025 |
SP2353 Medieval To Modern Musical Cameos Arranged by Roger Buckton Twelve charming and varied duets for soprano and alto recorders, which include examples of major stylistic music periods: • Medieval • Renaissance • Baroque • Classical • Romantic • 20th Century The...
by Corbett | Nov 21, 2025 |
by Bruce Pearson and Wendy Barden Recorder Excellence – Student Book (Book and Media) The Complete System for Building a Solid Musical Foundation while Learning to Play the Recorder! RECORDER EXCELLENCE is not just another recorder method.
by Corbett | Nov 20, 2025
Save Up to 65% Off Select Products Teaching Resources Instrumental Classroom Kits Games & Activities Recorder Drums & Rhythm Music Is Elementary Recorders With years of experience and a strong community of teachers and musicians behind us, we understand what...
by Jennifer Shaw | Aug 7, 2025 | Back to School, Featured, Teacher Talk |
How I Started with Music Bulletin Board Ideas When I started at my new school, I walked into a building mid-renovation—not a single music bulletin board was up. I was also adjusting to life in a new country, learning unfamiliar systems, routines, and expectations, all...
by Jennifer Shaw | Mar 10, 2025 | Teacher Talk |
In my classroom, I drew and cut out two objects that looked like toolboxes. One is called the rhythm toolbox, and the other is the melody toolbox. I often tell students that they have two toolboxes at their sides, one for rhythm and the other for melody, to help...
by Jennifer Shaw | Feb 20, 2025 | Lessons |
Being relatively new to my school, I’m still adjusting to a schedule where I see students only once a week—a major shift after 21 years of seeing them twice a week. This change has required me to recalibrate my expectations, activities, and overall approach. In the...
by Jennifer Shaw | Feb 20, 2025 | Lessons, Teacher Talk |
For a long time, I watched my colleagues, who were homeroom teachers, regularly implement learning centers in their classrooms. I loved what I saw: students demonstrating independence, experiencing different opportunities for socialization, and receiving one-on-one...
by Jennifer Shaw | Dec 2, 2024 | Lessons |
Beginning Recorder and Millions of Cats! Admit it; the combination of words for this article’s title caught your curiosity! And no, I’m not referring to the sound of a beginning recorder player, ha-ha! Curiosity is not killing the cat,,.. But what role does the...
by Jennifer Shaw | Sep 7, 2024 | Building Your Classroom Instrumentarium, Featured, Product Reviews |
Recorders! It had such a positive impact on my elementary music experience that it’s to blame for starting me on my musical path! The rest is history, and here I am, full circle as an elementary music teacher! Now, I know you’re excited and committed to...
by Corbett | Jul 24, 2024 |
Features: – One Piece construction is ideal for beginning recorder students – Curved windway for optimal tone and control – Ideal for students and teachers looking to stretch their musical budget – Available in ivory, red, blue, green, and...
by Corbett | Jul 24, 2024 |
Features: – One Piece construction is ideal for beginning recorder students – Curved windway for optimal tone and control – Ideal for students and teachers looking to stretch their musical budget – Available in ivory, red, blue, green, and...
by Corbett | Jul 24, 2024 |
Features: One Piece construction is ideal for beginning recorder students Curved windway for optimal tone and control Ideal for students and teachers looking to stretch their musical budget Available in ivory, red, blue, green, and purple. Includes heavy duty zipper...
by Corbett | Jul 24, 2024 |
Features: One Piece construction is ideal for beginning recorder students Curved windway for optimal tone and control Ideal for students and teachers looking to stretch their musical budget Available in ivory, red, blue, green, and purple. Includes heavy duty zipper...
by Corbett | Jan 23, 2024 |
Based on our best-selling TD175 one-piece recorder, our new recorders use antimicrobial technology for better protection when combined with the use of topical disinfectants. Used in classrooms everywhere, the Tudor® recorder is a must for all early music programs. Key...
by Corbett | Jan 23, 2024 |
Based on our best-selling TD175 one-piece recorder, our new recorders use antimicrobial technology for better protection when combined with the use of topical disinfectants. Used in classrooms everywhere, the Tudor® recorder is a must for all early music programs. Key...
by Corbett | Apr 3, 2023 |
Recorder Routes II Carol King Volume 2 of this wonderful recorder method is just as useful and unique as the first Recorder Routes. Featuring original and folk melodies with barred percussion accompaniments, this book provides an extension of recorder skills for...
by | Mar 12, 2020 |
arranged by David Eddleman Easy and musically delightful arrangements of folk music from around the world, scored for two soprano recorders and piano, with optional voice, alto recorder, and percussion. English and foreign lyrics included. Piano score and recorder...
by | Mar 12, 2020 |
by Beth Crook and Gerald Burakoff. Fifteen lessons designed for the elementary general music class, including an introduction to recorder playing in combination with experiences in singing, dancing, playing percussion instruments and chromaharp/ autoharp. Contains...
by Corbett | Oct 3, 2019 |
The fun, comprehensive, student-friendly curriculum of Recorder Excellence will turn every class into an absolute success – a wonderful feeling. The Recorder Excellence Teacher Edition includes easy to use lesson guides, practical...
by Corbett | Sep 27, 2019 |
This series of three books is designed to fill a need for a repertoire (pentatonic and diatonic) for beginning and intermediate recorder players, both musically demanding and rewarding, sequentially arranged, and parallel to the basic progression of the American...
by Corbett | Sep 25, 2019 |
When a meteor hits the earth, containing a mysterious new power, a musical super hero is born! Johnny Jazz the Recorder Raider, by Tim Wiegand, is a paperback comic book with a play along online component! Students will join in the story as they sing songs...
by Corbett | Sep 23, 2019 |
Grades 3–6 • Step inside a world of silly lyrics, happy monsters, and rigorous music instruction with the Recorder Monster curriculum. These 24 posters will add a dash of pizzazz and functionality to your music classroom. Fourteen 11”x17” posters feature learning...
by Corbett | Sep 20, 2019 |
Stated Volume 2. Basic technique as it applies to mastering the recorder. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on technique, but in order that the technique may be used for musical expression immediately, most of the book consists of music; technical exercises are...
by Corbett | Jun 5, 2019 |
The Nuvo Recorder+ is a soprano recorder that is easier and more fun to play than a traditional recorder. It has a unique silicone key system which allows for larger tone holes resulting in less squeaking than a traditional recorder and a warm, mellow tone. The key...
by Corbett | Sep 5, 2018 |
by Paul Jennings and Teresa Jennings A Progressive Collection For Young Players Rounds are an excellent way to build confidence and independence in young recorder players. This creative collection provides new settings of traditional favorites and special new rounds...
by Corbett | May 25, 2018 |
The Nuvo Recorder+ is a soprano recorder that is easier and more fun to play than a traditional recorder. Due to it’s unique silicone key system, the Recorder+ is less likely to screech than a traditional recorder and it has a warm mellow tone. The key system enables...
by Corbett | May 22, 2018 |
ANOTHER JOURNEY AROUND THE GLOBE WITH RECORDER by Darla Meek The SP2418 Journey Around the Globe package is a series of 24 pedagogy lessons for teaching soprano recorder. Notes are introduced individually, in sequence, and in a musical context. Each of the 24 lessons...
by Corbett | Mar 28, 2018 |
Stated Volume 2. Basic technique as it applies to mastering the recorder. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on technique, but in order that the technique may be used for musical expression immediately, most of the book consists of music; technical exercises are...
by Corbett | Dec 26, 2017 |
Features: One Piece construction is ideal for beginning recorder students Curved windway for optimal tone and control Ideal for students and teachers looking to stretch their musical budget Available in white finish only Includes heavy duty zipper case, cleaning rod...
by Corbett | Dec 12, 2017 |
24 pedagogy lessons for teaching the soprano recorder. Recorder playing is an integral part of the music classroom experience in these lessons. The first two notes taught are G and E. Notes are introduced individually, in sequence, and in a musical context. The songs...
by Corbett | Nov 8, 2017 |
Vol. 1 – White through Purple Belts. Supplemental and Sequential New Music For Barb Philipak’s Highly Motivational Method There is a good reason that Recorder Karate has become such a powerful force for recorder programs all over the world – it...
by Corbett | May 25, 2017 |
A young musician’s first introduction to jazz can be a powerful experience. This book makes jazz accessible to beginning recorder players by giving straightforward instruction on jazz concepts before each piece. A piano accompaniment includes more extensive jazz...
by Corbett | Apr 24, 2017 |
Mari Schay Step inside a world of silly lyrics, happy monsters, and rigorous music instruction with the Recorder Monster curriculum. This printed student book provides each student with a visually appealing book of their own, with all of the warm-ups, songs,...
by Corbett | Apr 17, 2017 |
By Isabel McNeill Carley Book I: A beginner’s primer and foundational guide to playing the soprano recorder. Eleven tightly integrated lessons introduce the student to the recorder repertoire and technique in short exercises that partner the teacher with the...
by | Mar 14, 2017 |
The MIE Renaissance Soprano Recorder is one of our best-selling recorders, trusted by music educators, students, ensembles, and beginning players alike. Featuring Baroque fingering, a curved windway, and excellent intonation, this recorder produces a clear, focused...
