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
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
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
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
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
This educational livestream is for grades K-8 students and teachers and open to all Chicago Public Schools teachers and students plus other Streamable Learning subscribers. Registration is required. This Black history month, Crossing Borders Music celebrates African-American trailblazers in and through music! Using music, we'll learn about the lives of Chicago's first non-native resident Jean-Baptiste ... Read more
Hear how Levantine, or "Arab World," composers combine elements of Arab classical music and Western classical music to reflect their identities and tell their unique stories in this brand new string quartet program! Featuring music by Nahla Mattar, Touffic Succar, Elie Kallab, Mahdi Al Mahdi, Arian Abbas, and much more! The program is free and ... Read more
This event will take place in the Illinois Room on the third floor of Student Center East at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The Crossing Borders Music string quartet meets with students and shares selections of music by Haitian composers, Levantine composers, and more! This performance and talk with University of Illinois – Chicago ... Read more
The Crossing Borders Music string quartet shares a program of music in response to Haiti's current humanitarian crisis. The program includes Rudy Perrault's "Exodus" string quartet which tells through music the story of Haitian immigrants and refugees, "Strings for Change" by Gifrants which was written in response to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, "Chrysallis ... Read more
In collaboration with The Société de recherche et de diffusion de la musique Haitiënne, Crossing Borders presents "Concert Exodus" live in Montreal. The Crossing Borders Music string quartet shares a program of music in response to Haiti’s current humanitarian crisis. The program includes Rudy Perrault’s “Exodus” string quartet which tells through music the story of ... Read more