Crossing Borders Music

Around the World in Music!
2016-06-05 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Niles Public Library, 6960 W Oakton St, Niles, IL, 60714, United States
Around the World in Music invites you to go around the world through music with this interactive string quartet program for people of all ages. We’ll use music to explore the cultures of Uganda, Haiti, Iran, the Czech Republic, and the United States!
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Musical Crossroads: India and the West
2016-06-04 19:30 - 21:00 | First Unitarian Church of Chicago, 5650 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago
Renowned sitarist Gaurav Mazumdar, a student of the legendary Ravi Shankar, joins Crossing Borders Music to present his original compositions for sitar, tabla, and European strings. The compositions depict through music a human life journeying from birth to the worldly affairs of adulthood to the renunciation of old age. The music merges traditional North Indian classical modes and rhythms with a Western style of counterpoint and innovative, modal harmonies.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Musical Crossroads: India and the West
2016-05-27 12:00 - 13:30 | Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL, 60602, United States
Renowned sitarist Gaurav Mazumdar, a student of the legendary Ravi Shankar, joins Crossing Borders Music to present his original compositions for sitar, tabla, and European strings. The compositions depict through music a human life journeying from birth to the worldly affairs of adulthood to the renunciation of old age. The music merges traditional North Indian classical modes and rhythms with a Western style of counterpoint and innovative, modal harmonies.
This event will take place in Preston Bradley Hall.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Haiti: Music of Life, Loss, and Hope
2016-05-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal, 4750, avenue Henri-Julien, Montreal, Quebec, H2T 2C8, Canada
Haiti: Music of Life, Loss, and Hope features Jean “Rudy” Perrault’s powerful “Exodus” String Quartet, which is dedicated to refugees around the world. It tells the gripping, difficult story of a Haitian refugee, ending with the hope that life will be better for the next generation. It also features Robert Durand’s lively string quartet that evokes the music of Dvorak, Smetana, Haitian folk music, and the Haitian méringue dance! Lastly, the concert will include the passionate resilience of Gifrants’ “Gason Vanyan,” and preview brand new works by Sabrina C. D. Jean-Louis, written for the Zombie: Origin and Evolution Project, funded in part by The Chicago Community Trust.
This concert is sponsored by the Société de Recherche et de Diffusion de la Musique Haïtienne.

Meet Haitian Composer Sabrina C D Jean Louis
2016-05-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Haitian American Museum of Chicago – HAMOC, 4654 N Racine Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Sabrina C D Jean Louis will be at the Haitian American Museum of Chicago to meet the public and chat about her music, including her recent compositions commissioned by Crossing Borders Music for the Zombie: Origins and Evolution Project, which was funded in part through a grant from The Chicago Community Trust.

Haiti: Music of Life, Loss, and Hope
2016-04-03 14:00 - 15:30 | Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL, 60602, United States
Haiti: Music of Life, Loss, and Hope features Jean “Rudy” Perrault’s powerful “Exodus” String Quartet, which is dedicated to refugees around the world. It tells the gripping, pained story of a Haitian refugee, ending with the hope that life will be better for the next generation. It also features Robert Durand’s lively string quartet that evokes the music of Dvorak, Smetana, Haitian folk music, and the Haitian méringue dance. To finish, the concert will feature “Gason Vanyan” by Gifrants, which celebrates individual and collective solidarity, and “Clair de Lune” by Sabrina C D Jean Louis.
This is the fourth concert in Crossing Borders Music’s residency at the Chicago Cultural Center.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

From Street Tunes to Sufi Art Music: Celebrating Egyptian Composers
2016-03-13 14:00 - 15:30 | Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL, 60602, United States
Music by Egyptian composers of yesterday and today whose works capture the spirit and diversity of Arab music! This concert will include the world premiere performance of Peace Piece by Egyptian American composer Riad Abdel-Gawad.
This concert is the third in a residency of Crossing Borders Music at the Chicago Cultural Center.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Música Colombiana with special guest The Mulati Ensemble
2016-02-28 15:00 - 16:30 | Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL, 60602, United States
The program features compositions and folk song arrangements by Colombian composers, including the song “A Mother to Her Son” by early-20th century composer Eustasio Rosales, which was recently unearthed by The Mulati Ensemble in the composer’s great-grandson’s basement. Rosales came to Chicago from Colombia and is thought to be Chicago’s first Hispanic composer. While in his lifetime his music was performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, after his death, his non-musical heirs put his music in storage, where it has remained until 2015, when Rosales’ opera was given its posthumous world premiere. In addition to other works by early 20th century composer Luis Calvo, the program will feature world premiere performances of works by contemporary Colombian composers Andrés Posada, Juan David Osorio, and Jose Revelo. The program will also feature world premiere performances of folk song arrangements by Diego Alejandro Osorio and Juan David Osorio which will highlight the richness of Colombia’s regional folk music and dance traditions.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Música Colombiana with special guest The Mulati Ensemble
2016-02-13 19:30 - 21:00 | First Unitarian Church of Chicago, 5650 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago

The Third Annual CELEBRATING RESILIENCE: Music From the Unvanquished Bahá'í University of Iran
2016-01-09 14:00 - 15:30 | Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL, 60602, United States
The third annual “Celebrating Resilience: Music from the Unvanquished Bahá’í University of Iran” features music composed or performed by former music teachers and students who risked their safety to attend the Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education. This grassroots school was created because the Iranian government doesn’t allows Bahá’ís in Iran to enter official colleges or universities – part of a pattern of vicious government discrimination against Iranian Bahá’ís. In response, these brave musicians have created music that celebrates their faith and perseverance. Celebrate their journey with us and enjoy their beautiful music in a beautiful venue.
This program will include the world premiere performance of “Hope,” a piano trio by Badie Khaleghian.
The event marks the debut of a 6-month residency of Crossing Borders Music at the Chicago Cultural Center. This concert will take place in Preston Bradley Hall
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
