• “Cuerdas y Cuerpos: Afro-Peruvian Culture Meets Western Strings”

    Budlong Woods Branch, Chicago Public Library.5630 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60659 Chicago Public Library. 5630 N Lincoln Ave,, Chicago, IL

    Join us for an unforgettable journey where strings and bodies, histories and rhythms cross borders and build bridges.This interactive event, presented in partnership with the Center of Peruvian Arts, shares interactive Afro-Peruvian dance and music, including the powerful Afro-Peruvian holiday tradition “Hatajo de Negritos,” as well as a workshop and performance by the dancers of ... Read more

  • CBM Performance at the Broadview ICE Detention Center

    Broadview Ice Detention Center 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

    Members of the Crossing Borders Music String Quartet will share some of their favorite musical selections of music by composers from suppressed backgrounds around the world at the Broadview ICE detention center. Since CBM is not allowed to enter the facility, the musicians will perform just north of the facility on Beach Street, south of ... Read more

  • Rooted: Haitian String Trios

    Fulton Recital Hall, Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor, 1010 E. 59th St 1010 E. 59th St., Chicago, IL

    Hear string trios by Haitian composers “rooted” in the beauty of Haitian culture and its unique history, religion, and folk traditions! Music by Werner Jaegerhuber, Rudy Perrault, Sabrina C D Jean Louis, and folk song arrangements by Julio Racine celebrate Haiti’s revolutionary freedom-seeking origins, its folk music, its unique religious traditions – and its connection ... Read more

  • Celebrating Black Trailblazers

    Crossing Borders Music celebrates Black trailblazers through this richly interactive, one-of-a-kind music program. Through interactive dialogue and guided listening, students will hear the stories of Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable, Florence Price, Rosa Parks, and more come to life through music for string quartet by African-American composers. This educational livestream is geared towards students in grades 4-8 ... Read more

  • Notes of Legacy: African-American Composers Across Eras

    Ashland Chamber Music Society, 56279 Corbine Road, Ashland, WI 54806 Date: Friday, 20th February Time: 6 PM Venue: Ashland56279 Corbine Road, Ashland, Wisconsin

    This journey spans from the story of an enslaved prodigy, Blind Tom Wiggins, to the hopeful vision of today, weaving together music across history, social movements, and artistic triumphs. Audiences will be taken from Blind Tom Wiggins’ remarkable piece “March Timpani,” arranged for strings by BIPOC composer and musicologist AJ Isaacson-Zvidzwa, through the legacy of ... Read more

  • From Exile: Stories and Music of Hope

    115 W Broadway, Granville, OH 43023, United States 115 W Broadway,, Granville, OH

    Crossing Borders Music shares musical stories of hope from diaspora communities in the US and around the world. Featuring string quartet music of displacement and resilience of African Americans, Cambodians, Haitians, Palestinians, and Peruvians. Free and open to the public. Date: Sunday, March 8th Time: 1 PM Venue: 115 W Broadway, Granville, OH 43023, United ... Read more

  • Songs of Peru with Luis Gálvez

    Evanston Public Library,1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, Evanston Public Library,1703 Orrington Ave,, Evanston, IL

    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

  • Cambodian Music: The Living Tradition

    Lincolnwood Public Library, 4000 W Pratt Ave, Lincolnwood, IL 60712 4000 W Pratt Ave Linconwood, Chicago, IL

    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

  • Crossing Borders Music: Haitian Flag Day Celebration

    Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue,, New York, New York

    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