Celebrating Cuban-American Composers highlights the music of multi-Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American composer Paquito D’Rivera. Hailed by the National Endowment for the Arts as "the consummate multinational ambassador, creating and promoting a cross-culture of music that moves effortlessly among jazz, Latin, and Mozart," his music defies categories and he's celebrated both for his artistry in Latin jazz and as a classical composer. Then enjoy Orlando Jacinto Garcia's "Entrelazamientos" ("Entanglements"). Jacinto Garcia notes "the title refers to the term from physics were in…

Hear string trios by Haitian composers "rooted" in the beauty of Haitian culture and its unique history, religion, and folk traditions! Music by Werner Jaegerhuber, Rudy Perrault, Sabrina C D Jean Louis, and folk song arrangements by Julio Racine celebrate Haiti's revolutionary freedom-seeking origins, its folk music, its unique religious traditions - and its connection to Chicago through Chicago's founder, Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable! Free and Open to the Public

Crossing Borders Music shares music of Haitian and Cuban-American composers rooted in their countries' cultures and histories. The program highlights the music of multi-Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American composer Paquito D’Rivera. Hailed by the National Endowment for the Arts as "the consummate multinational ambassador, creating and promoting a cross-culture of music that moves effortlessly among jazz, Latin, and Mozart," his music defies categories and he's celebrated both for his artistry in Latin jazz and as a classical composer. Hear also Igancio Cervantes's…

Celebrating Cuban-American Composers highlights the music of multi-Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American composer Paquito D’Rivera. Hailed by the National Endowment for the Arts as "the consummate multinational ambassador, creating and promoting a cross-culture of music that moves effortlessly among jazz, Latin, and Mozart," his music defies categories and he's celebrated both for his artistry in Latin jazz and as a classical composer. Then enjoy Orlando Jacinto Garcia's "Entrelazamientos" ("Entanglements"). Jacinto Garcia notes "the title refers to the term from physics were in…

Hear string trios by Haitian composers "rooted" in the beauty of Haitian culture and its unique history, religion, and folk traditions! Haitian compositions and folk song arrangements celebrate Haiti's revolutionary freedom-seeking origins, its folk music, its unique religious traditions - and Haiti's fascinating connections to the Midwest United States!

Roots: Haitian String Trios features music by Haitian composers “rooted” in the beauty of Haitian culture and its unique history, religion, and folk traditions. Explore the centuries-old tradition of Haitian classical music, a tradition designed to show that world that Haitians were just as talented and refined as their European counterparts, and, later, to celebrate African cultural influences as part of the international artistic movement "négritude." Composer Werner Jaegerhuber studied music in Germany before fleeing Nazis and returning to his…

From our performers' homes to yours, Crossing Borders Music honors musicians from around the world forced from their homelands in our online solo video performance series "From Exile." Videos will be released throughout the month. For the latest, go to our YouTube channel or Facebook page. We hope you find their stories and music a source of inspiration and resilience through difficult times, reminding us we're all connected. The project is part of Crossing Borders Music's series "Choosing Life and…