DisFest: Celebrate Disability Pride Month July 22

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

DisFest: Celebrate Disability Pride Month July 22 Crossing Borders Music will give "pop-up" performances between 2:00pm and 4:00pm. Live audiences will hear music from BOYH (Bringer of Your Hair, piano quintet by Rylan Gleave), music previously performed in collaboration with MOMENTA Dance Company. Wheelchair access, ASL, Captioning, Audio Description, Quiet Space, and What To Expect ... Read more

We Walk: Evanston

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

Join the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC) and Crossing Borders Music for the third-annual, one-day outdoor exhibition "We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community" at Dawes Park in Evanston! "We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community" is a program created in 2020 by the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC) who invited Crossing Borders ... Read more

Crossing Borders Music at Thirsty Ears Festival

1758 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640-4515

ACM’s Thirsty Ears Festival is Chicago’s only classical music street festival! Crossing Borders Music will perform Saturday Aug 5, 4:00pm-5:00pm. For two days Wilson street between Hermitage and Ravenswood are closed to feature stellar ensembles and soloists performing music from Beethoven to Shostakovich to Reich and everything in between on the main stage. Thirsty Ears ... Read more

Late Night | Looking Back and Looking Forward: African-American Composers

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

This program features music by Black American composers of yesterday and today, including “Five Folksongs in Counterpoint” by trailblazing, early 20th century Chicagoan Florence Price – plus a reading of new works by four youth composers from Chicago’s West side! The program will also include “Rara” by Jean “Rudy” Perrault, “Forgotten Royalty” by Jessica T ... Read more

World Dumpling Fest 2023

Crossing Borders Music performs with Nisa Pov, Resident Artist of the National Cambodian Heritage Museum, at the World Dumpling Fest 2023 celebration sponsored by Chicago Cultural Alliance. Experience diverse cultures throughout Chicago and the world through performance, art, and DUMPLINGS! Dumplings are served from neighborhood-based ethnic restaurants in and around Chicago and aims to highlight ... Read more

We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community

Garfield Park Gold Dome Fieldhouse 100 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

Crossing Borders Music performs live music by Black composers at 2PM, and the world premiere performances of music by four teen composers who participated in CBM's first-ever Young Composers Project summer cohort! Even better, from 1-4PM the Haitian American Museum of Chicago brings its traveling exhibition, "We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community" to Garfield ... Read more

Looking Back and Looking Forward: African-American Composers

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

This program features world premiere performances of music by the four youth composers from Chicago's West Side who took part in Crossing Borders Music's inaugural Young Composers Project! Plus, hear music by Black American composers of yesterday and today, including “Five Folksongs in Counterpoint” by trailblazing, early 20th century Chicagoan Florence Price! The program will also ... Read more

Cambodian Music: The Living Tradition

National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial 2831 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

As part of the Chicago Architecture Center's Open House Chicago, Crossing Borders Music joins the National Cambodian Heritage Museum Traditional Music Ensemble 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, with remarks by Nisa Pov, Resident Artist of the Cambodian Museum. This ... Read more

“Looking Back and Looking Forward: African-American Composers” Musical Performance

lake forest college 555 N Sheridan Rd, Lake Forest, IL, United States

In partnership with Crossing Borders Music and Lake Forest College. Come and join us for a fascinating musical performance at Lake Forest College's Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel being hosted by Crossing Borders Music and co-sponsored by the History Center and Lake Forest College! This program features music by Black American composers of yesterday and ... Read more

Mizik Dayiti: Rhythms of Resistance

Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union, 530 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 530 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Crossing Borders Music will be traveling to Ann Arbor!  In partnership with the University of Michigan Caribbean Students Association, the ensemble will present a program by Haitian composers.  Date: Friday November 10, 2023 Time: 7:00 PM Eastern Location: Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union, 530 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109