Leslie Timmons, Professor Emeritus in the Caine College of the Arts at USU, was inducted into the Utah Music Educators Association Hall of Fame on Feb. 4.
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The Real Reason Minnesota Kids Were Taught to Play the Recorder
Think back to elementary school music class. You were learning basic notes, singing songs, and then one year every kid in the class was handed a plastic recorder and you all learned Hot Cross Buns . And then our poor parents had to sit through an ear-piercing spring concert of us showing off our sick recorder skills. I just winced typing that sentence.
Why was that required learning?! What was the education system preparing us for by teaching us to play those spit-filled plastic tubes?
Curious City s Valerie DePriest gave some context as to generations of kids learning to play this instrument: