6 Jan 2018

The Long Island Vegetable Orchestra

From Up This Way, 10:07 am on 6 January 2018

Music is great. But what if it could be nutritious as well?

The Long Island Vegetable Orchestra is exactly what it sounds like - an orchestra made up of players performing tunes from both the popular and classical canon on vegetables they've crafted into instruments.

It's a different way of engaging audiences with the at times intimidating world of orchestral music.

Simon Morton spoke to Daniel Battaglia, Music Director of the Long Island Vegetable Orchestra.