Last weekend, a special performance unfolded in Central San Rafael. The location was unusual: it's where collection bins full of waste, recycling and compost are brought.

Recycled violins made from discarded materials © Landfill Harmonic http://www.landfillharmonicmovie.com/ On the first day of class in my ‘Psychology of Music ...

Young musicians from South America are going from the slums to the biggest stages of classical music by turning trash into melody. The group is tuning up for a concert in the Valley this summer.

Orquesta de Reciclados Cateura (roughly “the recycled orchestra”) is an idealistic, real-world post-apocalyptic musical ensemble. A youth orchestra playing instruments hand-crafted mostly from garbage ...

PHOENIX — It’s hard to imagine that soup cans, plastic paint tubs and spoons can be key pieces to musical instruments. Forks and spatulas can hold strings in place; buttons and caps fit nicely along a ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Miami-Dade County generates more than 5 million tons of waste every year. That’s nearly double the national average. And we’re not alone, as many parts of the world are ...

It didn’t seem like a sound trade, and yet it sounded seamless. New Roads School music teacher Scott Roewe stepped onto the Moss Theater stage and gave up his shiny brass saxophone to a South American ...