Two movements from Glanville-Hick's Sonatina features on the Grade 8 Recorder Syllabus from 2026.

Lou Bradbury is a recorder player and teacher. She loves to teach all ages and abilities of recorder player at her studio. She has taught at Junior Guildhall and Birmingham Conservatoire and enjoys adjudicating and running workshops. Lou is the founder of Little Notes, delivering live music classes to families. She regularly performs with Fontanella Recorder Quartet and has performed at many festivals and venues across the UK and Europe. Lou has often appeared on TV and Radio including 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown with Jimmy Carr and plays recorder on the soundtrack to the Wicked Movie. She also supported ABRSM in creating our Teacher Hub course Teaching the Recorder with Confidence. In this film, Lou shares her approach to teaching this piece.

Lou has created a summary document that you can download and keep, which outlines the key points from the film.

Last modified: Tuesday, 7 October 2025, 8:58 AM