Liminal Encounters: Counternarratives of Rohingya Refugees, the 3rd Annual Borderlands of Sonic Encounter SymposiumAn International Balzan Prize Project (2023–28) led by Professor Philip V. Bohlman This interdisciplinary symposium brings together scholars, artists, and practitioners to explore questions of diaspora, statelessness, and borders/borderlands through creative practices and multimedia work centered on Rohingya experiences. Friday, January 23 ... Read more

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

At a time when an unprecedented 100+ million people have been forced from their homes worldwide, the Ashland Chamber Music Society/United Church of Granville presents From Exile: Stories and Music of Hope, a string quartet program of musical stories of hope from immigrant and refugee communities. Fleeing oppression and violence, newcomers are too often scapegoated ... Read more

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. At a time when an unprecedented 100+ million people have been forced from their homes ... 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

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