Thirsty Ears Festival

Access Contemporary Music 1758 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, United States

Crossing Borders Music is proud to participate in Access Contemporary Music's seventh annual Thirsty Ears Festival: Chicago’s only classical music street festival! For two days Wilson street between Hermitage and Ravenswood will be closed to feature seventeen stellar ensembles and soloists. Crossing Borders Music's very own Jennifer Leckie and Marianne Parker will share awesome and ... Read more

$10

Night Out in the Parks: “From Slavery to Justice” at Garfield Park

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

Enjoy beautiful music in the park, and a masterclass with local young musicians! This event, "From Slavery to Justice: the Ongoing Journey" has been re-scheduled because of COVID to Saturday, Oct. 8 at 1pm. To celebrate Juneteenth, a historic date that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people, Crossing Borders Music has commissioned new music of ... Read more

Free & Open to the Public

Cambodian Museum Mahori Ensemble at Global Garden Refugee Training Farm

Global Garden Refugee Training Farm 4827 N Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL

The National Cambodian Heritage Museum's mahori ensemble will perform Cambodian classics at the Global Garden Refugee Training Farm. At their invitation, our Crossing Borders Music violinist Rasa Mahmoudian will play in the ensemble. Pictured: the Cambodian Museum mahori ensemble performs with Crossing Borders Music string players at the 2021 Morton Arboretum Destination Asia festival The ... Read more

Free & Open to the Public

We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community

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

Rain can't keep us away! Join the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC) and Crossing Borders Music for the re-scheduled one-day outdoor exhibition "We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community." "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

Free & Open to the Public

Streamable Learning: What Makes Music Special? Part 1: Windows and Mirrors

Streamable Learning

This educational livestream is for grades 6-12 students and teachers and open to all Chicago Public Schools teachers and students plus other Streamable Learning subscribers. Registration is required. What makes your favorite music "special"? Is it the music itself? The memory of when you first heard it? The way it relates to your life? How ... Read more

Open Boulevards: North Lawndale/We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community

On the boulevard green at 13th and Independence to Douglas Blvd to Central Park

The Haitian American Museum of Chicago will bring its outdoor, community, traveling exhibition to North Lawndale for the second year in the row. We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community, was originally organized in 2020, in the Uptown neighborhood, in direct response to the Black Lives Matter protests and the disproportionate effect of the Covid-19 ... Read more

Free & Open to the Public

New Music Chicago Presents: “From Slavery to Justice: the Ongoing Journey”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GtrW2x7668

New Music Chicago presents "From Slavery to Justice: the Ongoing Journey." The program uses music to tell stories of African-American liberation. To celebrate Juneteenth, a historic date that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people, Crossing Borders Music commissioned new music of The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker, Jordyn Davis, and Jessica T. Carter. Be one of ... Read more

Free & Open to the Public

Streamable Learning: What Makes Music Special? Part 2: Music and Context

Streamable Learning

This educational livestream is for grades 6-12 students and teachers and open to all Chicago Public Schools teachers and students plus other Streamable Learning subscribers. Registration is required. What makes your favorite music "special"? Is it the music itself? The memory of when you first heard it? The way it relates to your life? How ... Read more

Ten Years of “Celebrating Resilience: Music by Iranian Bahá’ís”

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

Highlighting persecution under Iran's regime and heroic resilience in its face, Crossing Borders Music marks ten years of sharing the music and stories of Bahá’í composers from Iran with this unique program. As part of Iran’s systematic persecution of members of the Bahá’í religion, Bahá’ís are banned from attending college or university. In response, Iranian ... Read more

Free & Open to the Public

Iranian Bahá’í Music Livestream: “Celebrating Resilience”

Crossing Borders Music Facebook and YouTube livestream

Highlighting persecution under Iran’s regime and heroic resilience in its face, Crossing Borders Music marks ten years of sharing the music and stories of Bahá’í composers from Iran with this unique livestream program, "Ten Years of 'Celebrating Resilience: Music by Iranian Bahá'ís.'" Joining the livestream will be composer and Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education alumna ... Read more

Free & Open to the Public