The faint sounds of a tuba playing the songs of German composer Richard Wagner could be heard Monday through the halls of the Albuquerque Public Schools’ Lincoln Complex. Chris Smith was testing out ...

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 ...

Tim Adelson spends his workdays repairing musical instruments for students across the Clark County School District. The reason he does it? He wants to ensure more students stay in music programs. “It ...

The TUSD musical instrument repair shop is one of just a few across the country that exclusively services instruments for schools. TUCSON, Ariz. — There's a small team at the Tucson Unified School ...

For Avery McDaniel, the back-to-school season is the busiest time of year for his musical instrument repair and rental shop in Beloit, Wisconsin. McDaniel Music Repair’s business renting and repairing ...

FARGO - Summertime is high-season for Glenn Miller, the sole string instrument technician at Christian Eggert Violins. While the area's young musicians are playing summer sports, pool-hopping and ...

“The Last Repair Shop” focuses on the people who maintain the 140,000 musical instruments owned by Los Angeles Unified School District public schools. Funding for music and arts education has been ...

"The Last Repair Shop," a film following a team of four people who repair and maintain instruments used by students in Los Angeles Unified School District music classes, won the Oscar for best ...

MANTUA TWP., New Jersey (WPVI) -- The back-to-school rush in the instrument repair shop at Coles Music Service in Mantua Township, New Jersey began in May. That's when they receive thousands of ...

Julie Jurgenson blesses the horns down in Africa and leaves the rain to Toto. She’s been working as a music instrument repair technician for 36 years, and she owns JJ’s Horn Clinic, a band instrument ...