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Honoring Refugee Composers

Skokie Public Library 5215 Oakton St, Skokie, IL, United States

Crossing Borders Music honors refugees around the world in this performance of music written by or about refugees! The program includes the “Refugees Anthem” by the composer Arian, who is a Syrian refugee currently living in China. Also presented will be string quartet arrangements of the beautiful Al Ayloughs and Shogher Jan by the famous Armenian composer Komitas, followed ... Read more

free and open to the public

Exploring Peru through Song and Dance

Global Citizenship Experience Lab School 9 W Washington St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL, United States

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 ... Read more

$10

First Blacks Chicago

Olive Harvey College - Bruce Cherry Theater 10001 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

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 ... Read more

free and open to the public

First Blacks Chicago

Chicago Cultural Center 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL, United States

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 ... Read more

free and open to the public

Exploring Haitian Spirituality through Music

Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI, United States

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 ... Read more

free after museum general admission

Exploring Peru through Song and Dance

Skokie Public Library 5215 Oakton St, Skokie, IL, United States

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 ... Read more

Free and open to the public

African-American Women Composers: Looking Back & Looking Forward | New Music Chicago Impromptu Fest!

Guarneri Hall 11 E. Adams St., #350a, Chicago, IL, United States

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 ... Read more

$20

Of Folk, Faith, and Fellowship: Exploring Chicago’s African-American Women Composers

Chicago Cultural Center 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL, United States

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 ... Read more

free and open to the public

African-American Women Composers: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Skokie Public Library 5215 Oakton St, Skokie, IL, United States

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 ... Read more

Free and open to the public

A Meeting of Two Seas: Migration Stories

5850 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637 5850 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL

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 ... Read more

Free & Open to the Public