Crossing Borders Music presents an exciting and diverse program of string quartet music featuring newly composed works by young composers from the Chicagoland area alongside arrangements of treasured music from across the globe. Chosen from Crossing Borders Music’s vast library of music of underrepresented people groups, the program will include music from areas such as ... Read more
Crossing Borders Music celebrates musical stories of resilience in a performance of string quartet music by composers from around the world. This unique 50-minute string quartet program features music by composers from Uganda, Argentina, the Soviet Union, the Chickasaw Nation, Taiwan, and the US. Each piece shares a unique story of resilience, whether in the ... Read more
Join us for the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial annual fundraiser this Saturday. Culture is like a tree with its roots deeply connected to the past while its branches continue to grow toward the future. Experience melodies that echo from ancient temples, royal palaces, and the Cambodian countryside. Music is living history. ... Read more
Join Crossing Borders Music for an unforgettable program of songs from around the world for the Loop Arts Festival. CBM presents “I Hear the World Singing”, song selections from Cambodia, Peru, Haiti, Myanmar, Taiwan and more arranged for string quartet. Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026 Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Venue: Harold Washington Library Lobby,400 S ... Read more
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 ... Read more
“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