Sarah Starbuck is an educator at Thornton Middle School. At her school, she witnesses first hand what the decline in funding for education does for programs like music. “[It] adversely affects kids ...

Last year was another banner year for the Bringing Music to Life Instrument Drive. Coloradans donated 1,100 used instruments that were repaired when possible and donated to schools. Individuals and ...

DIDN’T START UNTIL JUST BEFORE TEN. AND FOR YEARS IN OVERLAND PARK, MAN HAS BEEN GIVING NEW LIFE TO BROKEN INSTRUMENTS. HE REBUILDS THEM AND GIVES THEM TO KIDS IN NEED. BUT AS KMBC NINE’S ALAN SHOPE ...

Joe Rinaudo is doing everything to ensure his passion for photoplayers, the self-playing pianos that scored silent movies, ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

Learning to play an instrument takes a certain level of dedication — and you can add another layer of dedication on top of that when it’s an instrument not found at your local Guitar Center. But it’s ...

BROCKTON - Students in the beloved Brockton High School marching band are using instruments that are 20 to 30 years old, said Rebecca Desmond, director of music at Brockton Public Schools. And, she ...

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS (AP) -- For Vern Krech, it's like saying goodbye to an old friend. A lifelong member of Old Emanuel Lutheran Church in Inver Grove Heights, Krech, 67, is preparing to bid farewell ...

>> THIS JOURNEY ALL STARTED WHEN I WAS IN THE WOMB. >> NEIL NAYYAR’S PARENTS LISTENED TO MOZART EVERYDAY WHEN FOUND OUT THEY WERE EXPECTING HIM. BUT THEY NEVER COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS. >> I SAID WOW ...

Belgian violinist Maya Levy has claimed that budget airline Transavia refused to let her board a flight after she declined to ...

Early on in his new book, "Custodians of Wonder," BBC Travel writer Eliot Stein tallies some recent effects of globalization, a process that seems to only speed up. Nine languages, he notes, are lost ...