CATEURA, Paraguay — The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-rays serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum salad bowl and strings tuned with forks ...

They’ve got the beet. A touring orchestra using instruments entirely of vegetables just earned itself a world record. The Vegetable Orchestra, which only plays instruments that are carved out of ...

The Symphony for a Broken Orchestra installation of broken instruments at Temple Contemporary (courtesy Robert Blackson) The School District of Philadelphia has over 1,000 broken musical instruments, ...

The goal: reinvent the ways that both composer and listener approach the modern classical orchestra. Friar’s work focused on introducing new instruments into the centuries-old ensemble—in this case, ...

Musical instruments are taking on new identities as pieces of art through the efforts of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and offering them to the public. The Art of Music is a fundraiser that has ...

If you were scouting through the internet to find what are the 6 hardest instruments to play for kids in an orchestra, we are going to ease your research with our list. Music has a huge impact on the ...

Toby Aronson, the “zookeeper” of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s Musical Petting Zoo Credit: Courtesy of Vermont Symphony Orchestra Before the pandemic, elementary school children interested in ...