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

The most beautiful instrument that 60 Minutes producer Michael Gavshon found when he visited the child orchestra of Cateura, Paraguay, was a cello. The body of the cello was fashioned out of an oil ...

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 ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of young musicians in Paraguay live in a village formed from a municipal landfill. Its residents used to be known as trash ...

A Paraguayan children’s orchestra that found worldwide fame for performing on instruments cobbled together from trash will perform in Colorado in September. The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura plays ...

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 ...

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 ...

The people of Cateura, Paraguay, are some of the poorest in Latin America, living off landfill — but one group has discovered a way to create art. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and ...

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 ...