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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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