If you’ve ever felt nervous, overwhelmed, or downright stressed about teaching recorder, this episode is the breath of fresh air you’ve been waiting for. Bryson sits down with Erin Elliott, who brings a balanced, practical, and joy-filled perspective to an instrument that often gets a pretty bad rap.
Erin shares why recorders so easily spiral into chaos, the hidden reason many teachers dread teaching them, and the surprising story of how she completely rethought her approach after realizing her old system wasn’t serving her students - or herself. Together, she and Bryson dig into what actually works when teaching recorder. This episode is packed with practical takeaways that you can apply this week. Whether you’re recorder-obsessed, recorder-avoidant, or somewhere in between, you’ll walk away feeling encouraged, grounded, and ready to bring more joy (and less noise) into your recorder unit.
Tune in and let this conversation reshape how you think about, and teach, the recorder.
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