Hey Tony,
A couple of Grade 4 kids were leaving the music room after the whole class played a twelve bar, Chuck Berry style version of "Hot Cross Buns. One turned to the other and said, "I thought recorder sucked".
"Yeah, that was pretty amazing!"said the other student.

Having said that, I do stress to the kids that I work with, that the best musicianship comes from the ability to read notation along with the ability to play freely in an "ear trained" internalized manner. I feel pretty blessed that I am able to do what I do with the talent that God has given me. I do, however, wish I had taken the time to learn to read music.

God Bless,
Don