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Border CrosSing is committed to making our music accessible to all through our recordings, vocal sheet music publications, concert performances, and community events. Browse through our programs, albums, curriculum and other educational resources below.
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Educational Resources
Our School Residencies give us an opportunity to work directly with students in general music and ensemble settings.
The following lesson plans provide a sample of the curriculum we’ve brought into K-12 classrooms across the state of Minnesota.
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Past Performances
Puentes is a series of choral concerts that offers audiences the opportunity to connect to Latin American history, culture, and repertoire that is rarely or never performed in the United States. Our concerts offer program notes in English and Spanish, and often combine traditional classical styles with non-classical Latin American genres
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Sheet Music Publications
Our choral sheet music series distributed by Graphite Publishing features music we perform. Browse through our collection of works by living composers and new performing editions of historical Latin American composers.
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Albums
Our studio albums celebrate the work of underrepresented artists and amplify the voices of BIPOC composers across the Americas. Check out our albums by clicking the button below.
Past Performances
Puentes 1: “Latin America, a Miracle of Faith”
September 16, 2017
An exploration of Latin American history and its people’s relationship with religious faith through sacred choral music from different historical periods.
Puentes 2: “Song for the Dead and the Living”
October 28, 2017
Inspired by Día de Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration, this program explores similar holidays throughout Latin America and finds links between music and views of death and grieving in Europe and Latin America.
Puentes 3: “El Mesías”
December 15, 2017
Our bilingual, Spanish-English version of Handel’s Messiah paired with Mexican Baroque works composed during Handel’s lifetime.
Puentes 4: “San Patricio”
March 17, 2018
A program exploring the history of the Saint Patrick’s Battalion during the Mexican-American War of 1846.
Puentes 5: “CrosSing Borders”
May 6 & 12, 2018
An exploration of Latin American music that gained new meaning over time as it was transported from one place to another.
Puentes 6: “The Song of the Snake”
September 14 & 15, 2018
A collaboration with Mexican percussion quartet Versus 8 featuring the premiere of Silvestre Revueltas’ Sensemayá in our version for choir.
Puentes 7: “500 Years of Latin American Music”
October 17, 2018
An interactive, family-friendly lecture recital exploring the languages, songs, and dances of Latin America.
Puentes 8: “El Mesías & Navidad Nuestra”
December 14 & 15, 2018
Our bilingual, Spanish-English version of Handel’s Messiah paired with Navidad Nuestra by Ariel Ramírez.
Puentes 9: “Island Baroque”
March 22 & 23, 2019
Early music gems composed between 1500 and 1800 from the Caribbean Islands and Central America performed on period instruments.
Puentes 10: “CrosSing Borders: Emerging Latinx Voices”
May 17 & 19, 2019
Works by emerging Latinx composers, each paired with a work by a Minnesota-based composer, featuring several world premieres.
Puentes 11: “Black Christ of the Andes”
October 18 & 19, 2019
An exploration of race and religious identity in Latin America, featuring music by Mary Lou Williams.
Puentes 12: “El Mesías & Navidad Nuestra”
December 13 & 14, 2019
An expanded version of our bilingual, Spanish-English version of Handel’s Messiah mashed up with Navidad Nuestra by Ariel Ramírez.
Puentes 13: “La Colonia”
February 2 & 3, 2020
Latin American early music from the colonial period performed on period instruments.
Puentes 14: “Te amo, te quiero”
March 27 & 28, 2020 (canceled because of the COVID-19 crisis)
Latin American choral music and arrangements centered around romantic love.