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Friday, January 11, 2019
Exploring Peru through Song and Dance
Explore Peru through its songs, dances, and chamber music in this concert for string quartet and voice! Peruvian tenor Luis Galvez will sing favorite Peruvian 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. Hear also "Manaña cuando me vaya" ("When I Leave Tomorrow"), the Afro-Peruvian Christmas dance Hatajo de Negritos, the Andean Passacalle "El Huascarán," the Danza Peruana No. 8 by Armando Guevara…
Find out more »Thursday, February 7, 2019
First Blacks Chicago
Hear the ground-breaking world premiere of music honoring the legacies of three black Chicago trailblazers: Chicago’s Haitian founder, Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable; Chicago’s first black mayor, Harold Washington; and the first black president, Barack Obama! The program includes the epic world premiere performances of music commissioned by Crossing Borders Music for the event, including the reflective “Nostalgia” by Rudy Perrault, honoring DuSable; the incredible excitement of Gi Frants’ “Fraternitas! Fraternitas! Dei Patris Nomine,” a musical tribute to Washington; and…
Find out more »First Blacks Chicago
Hear the ground-breaking world premiere of music honoring the legacies of three black Chicago trailblazers: Chicago's Haitian founder, Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable; Chicago's first black mayor, Harold Washington; and the first black president, Barack Obama! The program includes the epic world premiere performances of music commissioned by Crossing Borders Music for the event, including the reflective "Nostalgia" by Jean "Rudy" Perrault, honoring DuSable; the incredible excitement of Gifrants's "Fraternitas! Fraternitas! Dei Patris Nomine," a musical tribute to Washington; and…
Find out more »Exploring Haitian Spirituality through Music
Explore the amazing and deep spirituality of Haiti in this unique performance of chamber music for string trio by Haitian composers! Learn how the spiritual beliefs of Haitian Vodou led to the founding of the world's first black republic. Then hear how Haitian spirituality and Vodou music inspired Haitian composer Werner Jaegerhuber's captivating Trio. Be stirred by Sabrina C D Jean Louis' heart-felt testament of her deep Christian faith in her piece "Allo Seigneur" ("Hello Lord"). Then hear Fritz Bernardin's…
Find out more »Sunday, March 17, 2019
Exploring Peru through Song and Dance
Explore Peru's rich history and culture through its songs, dances, and chamber music in this concert for string quartet and voice! Hear the yearning of oppressed miners seeking freedom as Peruvian tenor Luis Galvez sings the original version of “El condor pasa” by Daniel Alomía Robles. Learn how Chabuca Granda combined European, Andean, and - controversially - African influences and hear her vals criollo, or "Creole waltz," titled “La flor de la canela” (“The Cinnamon Flower”), a beautiful and timeless classic. Hear the…
Find out more »African-American Women Composers: Looking Back & Looking Forward | New Music Chicago Impromptu Fest!
Crossing Borders Music participates in the New Music Chicago Impromptu Fest 2019! Honor the past and celebrate the future of African-American women composers as we share their unique perspectives and beautiful music in this concert for string quartet and piano. Florence Price was a trailblazing composer who lived on Chicago’s South Side. Her Five Folksongs in Counterpoint draw on both traditional spirituals and academic musical training from the New England Conservatory, which she managed to attend only by overcoming a…
Find out more »Sunday, April 7, 2019
Of Folk, Faith, and Fellowship: Exploring Chicago’s African-American Women Composers
Join pianist and scholar Samantha Ege in exploring the music and lives of four great composers! Florence Price and Margaret Bonds lived and composed on Chicago's South Side during the remarkable artistic period of the Chicago Black Renaissance in the 1930s. Supported in their friendship in the midst of a thriving arts environment, these trail-blazing women created historic and ground-breaking compositions influenced by African-American folk melodies - especially spirituals. Ege also explores the remarkable music of contemporary composers Dolores White…
Find out more »African-American Women Composers: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Honor the past and celebrate the future of African-American women composers as we share their unique perspectives and beautiful music in this concert for string quartet and piano. Florence Price was a trailblazing composer who lived on Chicago’s South Side. Her Five Folksongs in Counterpoint draw on both traditional spirituals and academic musical training from the New England Conservatory, which she managed to attend only by overcoming a ban on African-American admissions. The granddaughter of slaves and a graduate of…
Find out more »A Meeting of Two Seas: Migration Stories
Following the groundbreaking performances of South Asian music, dance, and poetry offered these past two years at Rockefeller Chapel by a coalition of Hindu and Muslim students working to create a “meeting of two seas,” this year’s concert takes a new direction: celebrating the performance traditions that emerged from the movement and migration of diverse spiritual communities across South Asia, the Middle East, and Andalusia. Join us for performances of Indian Jewish music alongside Hindu abhangs, compositions of Iranian Baha'i…
Find out more »Saturday, May 18, 2019
Cello Around the World
In celebration of Haitian Flag Day, Crossing Borders Music founder Tom Clowes performs solo cello music by composers from Haiti, Cambodia, Germany, Egypt, and Colombia at the Haitian American Museum of Chicago. Said Clowes, "I wanted to volunteer my talents at the Haitian American Museum of Chicago to promote the great work they do exposing people to Haitian culture and beyond." The program will include Solace by Haitian-Canadian composer Gifrants, a transcription of the traditional Haitian melody Erzulie Malade ("Erzulie Is…
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