Milwaukee Symphony's annual sensory-friendly concert reaches out to people with autism and sensory processing challenges.

Friedrich von Huene mastered an array of other talents that he practiced in precise harmony while becoming one of the world’s most sought-after makers of historical woodwind instruments.

RASCOE: If you somehow managed to escape attending one of these concerts, the recorder is a woodwind music instrument ... we were restricted in using the wind instruments. RASCOE: Makes sense ...

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A British music education organization reports that use of recorders are declining in the classroom. We wonder: Why were they there to start with? And why is "Hot Cross Buns" such a banger?

RASCOE: If you somehow managed to escape attending one of these concerts, the recorder is a woodwind music instrument ... LINTON: During COVID time, we were restricted in using the wind instruments.