Blooming where you're planted. Making a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Turning trash into treasure. However you want to say it, kids from the Landfill Harmonic Orchestra are doing just that. These ...

An opening shot in “Landfill Harmonic” shows a man waking up and preparing himself a cup of yerba mate, a Paraguayan’s tea. You can get mate in most any coffee shop in Boulder County these days, but ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X It’s been more than 40 years since The New Seekers recorded a song titled, “I’d Like to Teach the ...

One man's trash is another man's trombone. An internationally-renowned orchestra from Cateura, Paraguay, that has played with the likes of Metallica brought the sweet sound of music to East Los ...

There's an amazing video floating around YouTube that has brought a ray of sunshine to a very dark week for all of us. It's the trailer for an upcoming documentary called Landfill Harmonic, which ...

If there were a musical equivalent of alternative history writing, Harry Partch would be its best-known author. A hobo in his teen years during the 1920s, Partch grew up to be one of the twentieth ...

2 Russians, 2 Jews, and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar ...

A youth orchestra from South America is touring through Canada making beautiful music with instruments made of recycled materials. The Landfill Harmonic plays instruments made entirely of materials ...

A local nonprofit is aiming to keep kids out of trouble this summer through classical music. The Harmonic South String Orchestra provides string instrument training to youth in south Memphis and ...

One man’s trash is another’s man’s trumpet. In a remote dump near the Paraguayan capital of Asunción, a determined group of young musicians has been making music with instruments crafted from garbage.