WASHINGTON -- Josué Ulises Mercadillo is a 21-year-old double bass player. Like many of his fellow musicians and singers in the Don Bosco Youth Symphony and Chorus, music is truly his outlet; ...

A violence prevention project keeps young Salvadorians out of trouble by teaching them to sing and play a musical instrument With support from the Japanese Fund for Social Development, dozens of ...

Nearly 1,000 children and teens who live in violent, crime-ridden areas of El Salvador have turned to the Don Bosco Youth Symphonic Orchestra as an alternative to a life of drugs and conflict. The ...

Sporting a tie-dye T-shirt and round sunglasses, Nelson Hernández raps in a music video against the backdrop of graffiti at the Free Expression Tunnel on N.C. State University’s campus. The ...