Crossing Borders Music shares music in response to Haiti’s humanitarian crisis, including a premiere performance of Incertitudes! and Haiti’s Lecture by Haitian composer Dickens Princivil, commissioned by Crossing Borders Music following the composer’s kidnapping. The program also includes Rudy Perrault’s “Exodus” string quartet which tells through music the story of Haitians forced to leave their ... Read more

This Mother's Day weekend, celebrate the art of composers with disabilities from around the world! This program, presented in collaboration with the UIC Disability Cultural Center, is free and open to everyone. It includes the world premiere of "Consolation of Persephone," created in collaboration with Momenta Dance Company, with choreography commissioned of Connor Cornelius, music ... Read more

Honor and celebrate Peru through its songs, dances, and instrumental music as the Crossing Borders Music String Quartet is joined by special guest Peruvian tenor Luis Galvez! Luis sings favorite songs including the original version of “El condor pasa” by Daniel Alomía Robles and “La flor de la canela” (“The Cinnamon Flower”) by Chabuca Granda. ... Read more

The Crossing Borders Music String Quartet joins Nisa Pov, Resident Artist of the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and roneat ak (Cambodian xylophone) performer for an amazing night of new arrangements of Cambodian classics! The performance includes beautiful new arrangements made by Crossing Borders Music violinist Rasa Mahmoudian and overseen by Pov for the Cambodian Day ... Read more

In celebration of Juneteenth, Crossing Borders Music's Wilfred Farquharson, viola, and Tom Clowes, cello, share about their journeys promoting Black American voices in the Western classical music world. They will also perform some of their favorite short pieces, including the world premiere of "A Quiet Lament" by Brittany J Green, and more! 60 minute lecture/recital ... Read more

Haitian composers have written piano music for centuries to show the international community they could write just as beautifully as any European composer, and that Haitian and West African cultural influences were just as worthy of inclusion in piano music. But until now, their works were suppressed in the Western classical music world. Hear Crossing ... Read more

Crossing Borders Music celebrates musical stories of resilience in a performance of string quartet 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 resilience, whether in the face ... Read more

As part of the Skokie Library's "Love Beyond Freedom" celebration of Juneteenth and beyond, join Crossing Borders Music on a string quartet musical journey from slavery to our shared human future. With music by historic, contemporary, and emerging African-American composers highlighting impactful turning points in African-American history, this is an inspirational concert that everyone will ... Read more

Cambodian Music: The Living Tradition Crossing Borders Music joins musicians of the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and its Resident Artist Nisa Pov for an amazing afternoon of new fusion arrangements of Cambodian classics! The performance includes beautiful new arrangements made for the 2021 Cambodian Day of Remembrance. This event is part of Night Out in ... Read more

Honor and celebrate Peru through its songs, dances, and instrumental music as the Crossing Borders Music String Quartet is joined by special guest Peruvian tenor Luis Galvez! Luis sings favorite songs including the original version of “El condor pasa” by Daniel Alomía Robles and “La flor de la canela” (“The Cinnamon Flower”) by Chabuca Granda. ... Read more