Crossing Borders Music is multicultural organization of color that dismantles a White supremacist understanding of Western classical music through free, accessible programs in community spaces in service and affirmation of our communities and collaborators. Founded in 2011, Crossing Borders Music has become a leading interpreter of chamber music by composers from Haiti, Colombia, India, Egypt, and
Uganda, and pioneering, critically acclaimed presenter of music by graduates of the Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education in Iran. Crossing Borders Music was a Headline Artist at the African Festival of the Arts, a Resident Arts Organization at the Chicago Cultural Center, and has been presented by the Old Town School of Folk, St. Crossing Borders Music has been featured on ABC-7 Chicago News, WFMT, WBEZ, in the Chicago Tribune, in Examiner.com, in ChicagoMusic.com, and as a Critic's Pick in TimeOut Chicago. Crossing Borders Music released its album of Haitian chamber music in 2013 and in 2014 recorded a 2-CD world premiere recording of chamber music by Haitian American composer Gifrants. Through a grant from The Chicago Community Trust, Crossing Borders Music will record newly commissioned string quartet music by Haitian composers Jean “Rudy” Perrault and Sabrina C. Jean Louis in April, 2016. The mission of Crossing Borders Music is to use music to promote the dignity of people from all cultures. To this end, we present moving music that tells compelling stories by composers from under-represented cultures - music that invites people to learn more and get involved. Crossing Borders Music is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
