Awesome! I wish I learned to play the recorder when I was a kid. I tried learning in my 30s, but it didn't take.
As for the shrill screeching, as long as she understands, "hum, not blow" you should be fine.
The media made up a whole bunch of bullshit about the shooters that wasn't remotely true.
Did you know there was not one shred of evidence either one of them even liked Marylin Manson?