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, ...

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 ...

Elaine Gleason had her first serious encounter with classical music when she was in third grade. A friend's father directed a school program that taught children to play symphonic instruments, and one ...

PHILADELPHIA (WCAU) - A unique kind of orchestra played in Philadelphia, it's a symphony of broken instruments. WCAU's Matt Delucia with the story of 400 musicians playing so that those very ...