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.

Dendê Macêdo plays a berimbau made from a broom, a bell, a coconut and a spring during a performance of his Recycled Sounds workshop at St. Edmond’s Home for Children. Dendê Macêdo drove his silver ...

Matt Gohlke, the co-owner and general manager of Music World in Hazel Dell, hardly thought about how he disposed of his instruments’ old strings until recently. He learned an estimated 1.5 million ...