• Upcoming Events

     
    • Streamable Learning: Stories and Music of Resilience

      Crossing Borders Music celebrates musical stories of resilience through music by composers from around the world. This unique string quartet program features music by composers from Uganda, Argentina, the Soviet Union, the Chickasaw Nation, Taiwan, and the US. Each piece shares a unique story of res...

      Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 1:10 pm
    • “Courage, Faith, and Love: Rohingya Music in Exile”

      The Crossing Borders Music String Quartet shares brand-new arrangements of Rohingya music and its stories of courage, faith, and love in exile. Developed after a month of field work in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – the world’s largest – this program ...

      Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 2:00 pm
    • Streamable Learning: What Makes Music So Special?: Windows and Mirrors

      What makes your favorite music “special”? Is it the music itself? The memory of when you first heard it? The way it relates to your life? How do our backgrounds affect how we hear music? How can music help us relate to others? In this unique program, we’ll hear “special” music by composers...

      Friday, June 5, 2026 at 1:10 pm
  • Featured Video: រស្មីដួងចន្ទ (“Moonlight”)

    រស្មីដួងចន្ទ/Raksmey Duong Chan (“Moonlight”) is a song that we can all relate to when we’re missing someone or longing to be somewhere. This song is dedicated to the Cambodian community members missing their family members and longing to visit their homeland.

  • Our Facebook News

  • Our Partners

    Dozan World logo
    National Cambodian Heritage Museum logo
    MusicInc logo
    Haitian American Museum of Chicago logo
    Chicago Public Library logo

    Our Funders

    Angell Foundation logo
    Amphion Foundation logo
    Chicago DCASE logo
    Halligan Charitable Fund logo
    Illinois Arts Council logo
    Ditson Foundation logo