Herb Alpert got his start playing trumpet in L.A.'s public schools. He wants to help make that "magic" possible for students. This shop fixes student instruments for free. Now, a music legend is ...

Some of the greatest musicians in the world did not come from privileged backgrounds. As children, many of America's future Charlie Parkers, Louis Armstrongs, Freddie Hubbards and Art Blakeys can't ...

ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE DEVELOPING A LIFELONG APPRECIATION FOR THE ARTS. AND SHELDON DUTES IS WITH US NOW TO HIGHLIGHT THE LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT’S MAKING ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE. AS I’VE BEEN ...

NORWALK — Over 100 brand new brass, woodwind and percussion instruments are in the hands of the district’s most in-need teenagers in what two of the district’s band directors say is a huge step in ...

The Paterson Music Project not only teaches students to play an orchestral instrument. It helps with life skills like grit and confidence.

At a warehouse in an industrial corridor of downtown Los Angeles, a handful of technicians are hunched over their brightly lit workstations, tinkering with saxophones, violins, and pianos. This ...

Jonaki Mehta is a producer for All Things Considered. Before ATC, she worked at Neon Hum Media where she produced a documentary series and talk show. Prior to that, Mehta was a producer at Member ...