Crossing Borders Music is proud to be performing at "In a Classical Mood" presented by the Haitian Flag Day Celebration Committee for an inspiring evening of Haitian classical music, featuring acclaimed pianist Marianne Parker and a lineup of renowned musicians. This concert highlights the rich legacy of Haitian composers. As an organization dedicated to uplifting ... Read more
This Pride Month, join us to celebrate LGBTQ+ culture with “Voices of the Proud: LGBTQ+ Composers”! The program features the beauty, love, grief, playfulness, creativity, and pride of music by LGBT+ composers in music for string quartet. Date: Sunday, 22nd June Time: 3pm Venue: Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State Street Chicago, IL 60605 This ... Read more
Crossing Borders Music joins the National Cambodian Heritage Museum Traditional Music Ensemble for an amazing fusion of Cambodian and European traditional instruments performing Cambodian classics! The performance features new arrangements made for the Cambodian Day of Remembrance by former Crossing Borders Music violinist Rasa Mahmoudian and overseen by Nisa Pov, Resident Artist of the Cambodian ... Read more
Crossing Borders Music joins the National Cambodian Heritage Museum Traditional Music Ensemble for an amazing fusion of Cambodian and European traditional instruments, performing Cambodian classics! The performance features new arrangements created for the Cambodian Day of Remembrance by former Crossing Borders Music violinist Rasa Mahmoudian, overseen by Nisa Pov, Resident Artist at the Cambodian ... Read more
Chicago Composers: The Next Generation comes to The Ear Taxi Festival this October! This year’s edition of the festival will highlight over 500 artists in over 50 hours of programming, including large-scale Anchor Performances, Composer Showcases, Taxi Concerts, and Accent Concerts. “Chicago Composers: the Next Generation” celebrates the work of composers in the Crossing Borders ... Read more
"Chicago Composers: the Next Generation" shares the world premiere performances 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 ... Read more
Join us for an unforgettable journey where strings and bodies, histories and rhythms cross borders and build bridges.This interactive event, presented in partnership with the Center of Peruvian Arts, shares interactive Afro-Peruvian dance and music, including the powerful Afro-Peruvian holiday tradition “Hatajo de Negritos,” as well as a workshop and performance by the dancers of ... Read more
Tune in to Chicago's WBEZ to hear members of Crossing Borders Music discuss their upcoming performance at the Broadview ICE detention center!91.5 FM in Chicago and online at wbez.org
Members of the Crossing Borders Music String Quartet will share some of their favorite musical selections of music by composers from suppressed backgrounds around the world at the Broadview ICE detention center. Since CBM is not allowed to enter the facility, the musicians will perform just north of the facility on Beach Street, south of ... Read more
In response to Haiti's humanitarian crisis, Crossing Borders Music shares string quartets by Haitian composers in this moving program of dignity, resilience, resistance, and hope. The program includes Incertitudes! by Haitian composer Dickens Princivil, commissioned by Crossing Borders Music after Dickens was kidnapped and released. The program also includes Tale from Rudy Perrault’s Exodus string ... Read more