Late Night at the Galleries|Songs of Peru with Luis Galvez

The Art Center Highland Park 1957 Sheridan Road, Highland Park, IL, United States

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

We Walk: Evanston

Dawes Park Dawes Park east of Sheridan Rd between Lake Street and Greenwood St (around1413 Sheridan Rd), Evanston, IL

Free and open to the public Join the Haitian American Museum of Chicago and Crossing Borders Music for a one-day outdoor exhibition "We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community". This community exhibition highlights the excellence and contributions of Black America in the local community and beyond. The event features exhibits curated by community partners on ... Read more

Night out in the Parks: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Park No. 534

Looking Back and Looking Forward: African-American Composers This program features world premiere performances of music by four youth composers from music programs on Chicago‘s West Side who took part in Crossing Borders Music’s second-annual Young Composers Project! Plus, hear music by Black American composers of yesterday and today, including a new piece commissioned of composer ... Read more

Night Out In the Parks: Cambodian Music, The Living Tradition

Global Garden Refugee Training Farm 4827 N Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL

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 the Parks and supported in ... Read more

Chicago Composers: the Next Generation

Experimental Sound Studio 5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL

"Chicago Composers: the Next Generation" celebrates the work of composers in the Crossing Borders Music Young Composers Project. In the project, youth from music programs in North Lawndale and Garfield Park receive weekly composition lessons and write a piece for the Crossing Borders Music string quartet. Hear their fresh, new approaches to an age-old genre! ... Read more