Late Night at the Galleries | Roots: Haitian String Trios

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

  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, plus folk song arrangements by Julio Racine celebrate Haiti’s revolutionary freedom-seeking origins, its folk music, its unique religious traditions – and its ... Read more

Crossing Borders Music at Artists of the Wall Festival

Nisa Pov, roneat aek (and Resident Artist of the National Cambodian Heritage Museum) and Crossing Borders Music string quartet perform live in Rogers Park at the Artists of the Wall Festival. The 600’ Wall features 160 individual “artist spaces” of various sizes and shapes and runs along the lakefront between Farwell and Morse Avenues. Each ... Read more

Music Livestream: Celebrating Juneteenth!

Crossing Borders Music Facebook and YouTube livestream

This livestream includes premiere videos of new music by The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker, Jordyn Davis, and Jessica T. Carter, commissioned by Crossing Borders Music! The program also marks the online premiere of the 2021 revised version of String Quartet No. 1 by AJ Isaacson-Zvidzwa. The livestream includes also the online premiere of a beautiful ... Read more

Free & Open to the Public

World Refugee Day – performance by Hamid

Foster Beach Park 5200 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United States

Hamid is a Canadian Rohingya refugee musician. Through World Refugee Day, Crossing Borders Music, and the Field Foundation of Illinois, he's traveling all the way to Chicago for this special performance! FREE and open to the public Bio: https://musicinexile.org/hamid/

We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community

Mandrake Park 3858 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

For this project, HAMOC brings its traveling exhibition, We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community back to Mandrake Park in the Bronzeville area for a second year in order to continue providing Haitian, Black and Diasporic art, culture, history and music to the residents of the area. To expand the exhibition’s impact and reach within ... Read more

Conciertos en el Jardín Malinalli

2800 S Ridgeway Ave, Chicago, IL 60623 2800 S Ridgeway Ave, Chicago, IL

Free music concerts for the whole family. Conciertos gratis para toda la familia. Performers: Friday: A Flor de Piel Radio Free Honduras Ugochi & A.S.E. Saturday: A Flor de Piel David Chiriboga Sunday: A Flor de Piel Zacbe Pichardo Crossing Borders Music

Free & Open to the Public

Late Night at the Galleries | Cambodian Music: The Living Tradition

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

The Crossing Borders Music String Quartet joins Nisa Pov, Resident Artist of the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and roneat ak (Cambodian xylophone) performer for an amazing night of new arrangements of Cambodian classics! The performance includes beautiful new arrangements made by Crossing Borders Music violinist Rasa Mahmoudian and overseen by Pov for the Cambodian Day ... Read more

Crossing Cultures: India and the West (Album Release Performance!)

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

Join Crossing Borders Music for an album release performance with Grammy-nominated sitarist Gaurav Mazumdar, a student of Ravi Shankar, performing the music from our world premiere recording which will have just been released on Ropeadope Records. This event is FREE and open to the public.

Argyle Night Market Sheridan and Argyle, Chicago, IL

Crossing Borders Music performs with Nisa Pov, Resident Artist of the National Cambodian Heritage Museum, at the Argyle Night Market! The market lasts from 5pm-9pm, with Cambodian music from 6pm-7pm. Started in 2013, the Argyle Night Market is an annual event that features local food and retail vendors plus live cultural and musical performances on ... Read more

Free & Open to the Public

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