A lack of actual instruments hasn’t stopped the young musicians of the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, Paraguay from achieving national and international fame. Using musical instruments made entirely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story of the Cateura Recycled Instruments Orchestra, a Paraguayan music project born in a vulnerable community surrounding the ...

Featured in numerous news articles, NPR and 60 Minutes, the story of the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura is one of how art can elevate the human spirit despite crippling poverty. And the musicians are ...

Young musicians from a Paraguayan slum have toured the world with instruments made of garbage. They've played with Stevie Wonder and for the Pope.... From Trash To Triumph: The Recycled Orchestra When ...

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.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Feb 27 (Reuters) - In a creative bid to raise environmental awareness, a group of musicians from Paraguay belted out familiar tunes at a hilltop concert just outside Bolivia's capital ...

The young musicians in this Orchestra have performed around the world. They've even met European royalty. Yet they live in a garbage dump in South America! Cateura, located on the outskirts of ...

When you think of an orchestra, you're probably picturing refined woodwinds, brass, and strings. But one ensemble I recently met is made up mostly of kids who play instruments made out of literal ...

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