What makes your favorite music “special”? Is it the music itself? The memory of when you first heard it? The context in which you hear it? How do our personal backgrounds affect how we hear music? How can music help us relate to others? This unique program, filled with “special” music from Cambodia, Taiwan, Colombia, ... Read more
Cambodian Day of Remembrance commemorates those who lost their lives in the genocide while celebrating the resilience of Cambodian people. Celena Chin, Saroth Loeuk, and Pich Houy share stories from their remarkable journeys from their childhood in Cambodia, their surviving the Cambodian Genocide, and their taking refuge and building new lives abroad, while singing songs ... Read more
Join us for a Mother's Day celebration including music by Odaline de la Martinez, Teresa Carreño, Parisa Sabet, and Florence Price! The program will be shared on the Crossing Borders Music Facebook and YouTube channels. The program includes late 19th/early 20th century Venezuelan composer Teresa Carreño's String Quartet, and the "Mi Teresita" waltz she wrote ... Read more
Crossing Borders Music shares stories and chamber music by composers from around the world! Learn about the fundamentals of music, and then how hear composers from diverse backgrounds use them to tell their stories! This event is part of a weekly series of online music programs for K-12 students and teachers with the Chicago Youth ... Read more
Be among the first living people to hear the rediscovered music of Eustasio Rosales, known as “Chicago’s first Hispanic composer!" Eustasio Rosales (1875-1934) was a Colombian immigrant who came to Chicago seeking a better life. His music was celebrated in his lifetime, including in performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. After his death, though, his ... Read more
Crossing Borders Music shares stories and chamber music by composers from around the world! Learn about the fundamentals of music, and then how hear composers from diverse backgrounds use them to tell their stories! This event is part of a weekly series of online music programs for K-12 students and teachers with the Chicago Youth ... Read more
As part of the Morton Arboretum's "Destination Asia" festival, hear traditional music of the Cambodian mahori ensemble plus new arrangements of traditional tunes with Crossing Borders Music! The mahori ensemble musicians of the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial will be led by its Resident Artist Punisa Pov and joined by singers Pich ... Read more
Join the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC) and Crossing Borders Music for the one-day outdoor exhibition We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community. This community exhibition highlights the excellence and contributions of Black America in the local community and beyond. The event features exhibits curated by community partners on topics related to Black community, ... Read more
Crossing Borders Music celebrates musical stories of resilience in a performance of string quartet music by composers from around the world. This unique 50-minute string quartet program features music by composers from Uganda, Argentina, the Soviet Union, the Chickasaw Nation, Iran, Taiwan, and the US. Each piece shares a unique story of resilience, whether in ... Read more
First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights presents Crossing Borders Music in music for string quartet and oud from the Arab World! The program features the special guest artist Palestinian/American ‘ūd player, composer, arranger, ethnomusicologist, and teacher Issa Boulos performing his own brand new arrangements for string quartet and ‘ūd! The program also marks the world ... Read more
