Join Rohingya musicians from the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, diaspora Rohingya community members, music scholar Tomal Hossain, and Crossing Borders Music as we enjoy Rohingya music and discuss how it reflects the community and serves as a tool that fights oppression and erasure. This event is supported in part by a grant from Illinois ... Read more
Honor and celebrate Peru through its songs, dances, and instrumental music as the Crossing Borders Music String Quartet is joined by special guest Peruvian tenor Luis Galvez! Luis sings favorite songs including the original version of “El condor pasa” by Daniel Alomía Robles and “La flor de la canela” (“The Cinnamon Flower”) by Chabuca Granda. ... Read more
Crossing Borders Music is honored to have been invited by the National Cambodian Heritage Museum to create a one-of-a-kind fusion of traditional Cambodian music with European classical instruments and Cambodian traditional instruments. This unique performance brings together the Cambodian Museum Traditional Music Ensemble and Crossing Borders Music musicians, performing newly arranged Cambodian classics. These special ... Read more
In honor of Haitian Flag Day, join us to celebrate Haitian freedom and dignity with string quartet music by Haitian composers. Enjoy the Trio à Rosemène by trailblazing, early twentieth-century Haitian composer Werner Jaegerhuber, who combined Haitian folk melodies and Western compositional techniques to create a style all his own. Originally written for the Borromeo ... Read more
The Haitian Flag Day Celebration Committee (HFDCC) is proud to present its second annual concert of Haitian classical music. Professor Emeritus Claude Dauphin will present an overview of the state of Haitian classical music from past to present. Several pieces of notorious Haitian composers such as Werner Jaëgerhuber, Ludovic Lamothe, Edmond Saintonge, Emile Desamours, Daniel ... Read more
Crossing Borders Music: Haitian Flag Day Celebration The Chicago-based string quartet celebrates Haitian Music On Haitian Flag Day, join us to celebrate Haitian freedom and dignity with string chamber music by Haitian composers. Enjoy theTrio à Rosemène by trailblazing, early twentieth-century Haitian composer Werner Jaegerhuber, who combined Haitian folk melodies and Western compositional techniques to ... Read more
Crossing Borders Music celebrates musical stories of resilience through music by composers from around the world. This unique string quartet program features music by composers from Uganda, Argentina, the Soviet Union, the Chickasaw Nation, Taiwan, and the US. Each piece shares a unique story of resilience, whether in the face of personal loss, political oppression, ... Read more
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 do our backgrounds affect how we hear music? How can music help us relate to others? In this unique program, we’ll hear “special” music by composers from Colombia, ... Read more
The Crossing Borders Music String Quartet shares brand-new arrangements of Rohingya music and its stories of courage, faith, and love in exile. Developed after a month of field work in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - the world's largest - this program shares the melodies, hope, and humanity of Rohingya musicians who ... Read more