Crossing Borders
Crossing Borders Music has become a leading interpreter of chamber music by composers from under-represented cultures including the Chickasaw Nation, Colombia, Egypt, Haiti, India, Syria, and Uganda, and a pioneering, critically acclaimed presenter of music by graduates of the Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education in Iran. The mission of Crossing Borders Music is to use music to promote the dignity of people from all cultures. They envision a more harmonious world in which people experience musical and artistic dimensions of world cultures in such a way that influences how they shop, invest, travel, volunteer, do business, and live their day-to-day lives. To this end, Crossing Borders Music produces moving music that tells compelling stories by composers from under-represented cultures – music that invites audiences to challenge assumptions and learn more. Crossing Borders Music also presents educational programs to foster young people’s awareness of the diversity and richness of cultures and their music.
Crossing Borders Music is a 501(c)(3) multicultural organization whose mission is to use music to promote the dignity of people from all cultures. Founded in 2011, it shares stories and chamber music of composers from backgrounds suppressed in Western classical music, fusion performances, in-school educational programs, a virtual music performance library, and an annual Young Composers Project for music students on Chicago's West Side. It produces free, accessible programs in community spaces in service and affirmation of its communities and collaborators. Crossing Borders Music has become a leading, critically acclaimed interpreter of chamber music by composers from under-represented cultures, including work presented at Chicago's Symphony Center and the Chicago Cultural Center.
