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Struggle, Resistance, and Hope: Music by Haitian Composers

International Museum of Surgical Science 1524 North Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60610 United States 1524 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United States

    Crossing Borders Music shares string quartets by Haitian composers in this moving program of resilience, resistance, and hope at the International Museum of Surgical Science! The program includes one of the first-ever performances of Incertitudes! and Haiti's Lecture by Haitian composer Dickens Princivil, commissioned by Crossing Borders Music after Dickens was kidnapped and ... Read more

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Mourning, Refuge, and Unity: String Quartets from the Arab World

Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201 1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, Chicago, IL, United States

This program shares music by composers from the Levant or "Arab World" and the gripping stories behind it. Each piece was selected and published by Palestinian Jordanian Canadian musician Shireen Abu Khader, who says “In spite of wars and catastrophes, it is unity that holds people together… Isn’t music a form of this unity?” The ... Read more