Music can come from surprising places—even zoo animal enclosures. One group of (human) performers is proving that you don’t even need conventional instruments to make melodies. The Vienna Vegetable ...

They’ve got the beet. A touring orchestra using instruments entirely of vegetables just earned itself a world record. The Vegetable Orchestra, which only plays instruments that are carved out of ...

On a muggy day in July, in a Long Island backyard, a group of musicians had gathered for rehearsal. As their conductor gently raised both hands, they steadied their instruments and played the first ...

Vegetables have a few qualities that make them ideal for instruments. They’re cheap, readily available, many (especially root vegetables like carrots and turnips) can be easily carved and whittled, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Austrian musical ensemble that has been around for about 18 years, the Vegetable Orchestra is all about playing sweet ...

On a muggy day in July, in a Long Island backyard, a group of musicians had gathered for rehearsal. As their conductor gently raised both hands, they steadied their instruments and played the first ...

2003-03-07 04:00:00 PDT Hamburg, Germany-- Performing music with fresh vegetables brings certain occupational challenges, like the tendency of the instruments to fall apart suddenly. "We have to be ...

In 1998, a group of friends was making soup together when inspiration struck: They wondered if they could transform their vegetables into musical instruments. The idea started as a joke. But since ...