• Streamable Learning: What Makes Music So Special?: Windows and Mirrors

    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

  • Courage, Faith, and Love: Rohingya Music in Exile

    Skokie Public Library,5215 Oakton St, Skokie, IL 60077 Skokie Public Library, 5215 Oakton St, Chicago, IL

    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