Evelena Shermaine Pinder, who works in Philly's pre-K program, strums a zither during rehearsal for "Symphony for a Broken Orchestra." (Emma Lee/WHYY) John McInerney plays a one-string violin during a ...

The Symphony for a Broken Orchestra installation of broken instruments at Temple Contemporary (courtesy Robert Blackson) The School District of Philadelphia has over 1,000 broken musical instruments, ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A rather unusual concert is taking place Sunday evening at the 23rd Street Armory in Center City. It's called "Symphony for a Broken Orchestra" and aims to highlight the ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - In 2007, the support for the arts across the entire school district of Philadelphia was $1.3 million. Ten years later, instrumental music in the School District of Philadelphia has ...

KPCC photos by Grant Slater. While LA Unified was stumbling toward getting many students iPads, it was forcing music students to learn on broken instruments or to share flutes and clarinets. The ...

PATERSON — Aaliyah Nelson, 13, had been running into difficulty as she tried to learn how to play the flute because the old instrument she was using had a faulty key wire. Whenever the wire popped ...