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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

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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

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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

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Cello Around the World

Haitian American Museum of Chicago - HAMOC 4654 N Racine Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

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 ... Read more

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Music and Stories Around the World

Buttercup Park 4901 N Sheridan, Chicago, IL, United States

"Music and Stories Around the World" celebrates music for strings by composers from all around the world! This totally unique, brand new, family-friendly program shares music and stories from Armenia, the Chickasaw Nation, Haiti, Peru, Iran, Taiwan, Uganda, and the US! Learn the story of legendary Armenian composer, music educator, and ethnomusicologist Komitas, and then ... Read more

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Cello Around the World

Lake Forest Place 1100 Pembridge Dr, Lake Forest, IL

Crossing Borders Music founder, Tom Clowes, will perform solo cello music by composers from Haiti, Cambodia, Germany, Egypt, and Colombia. The program will include Solace by Haitian-Canadian composer Gifrants, a transcription of the traditional Haitian melody Erzulie Malade (“Erzulie Is Sick”) by Haitian composer Werner Jaegerhuber, Khse Buon (“Four Strings”) by Cambodian-American composer Chinary Ung, ... Read more

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Pages intimes: A Concert of Haitian Piano Music

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

Hear music lost for over a century, and a world premiere performance, in this ground-breaking program of Haitian piano music by Crossing Borders Music pianist Marianne Parker! This event marks the official release of Marianne's new CD of Haitian piano music! The performance launches Crossing Borders Music's "Choosing Life and Freedom" series and the Chicago ... Read more

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