• Building Community Across Borders

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    Common Ground Voices / La Frontera

    Common Ground Voices / La Frontera brings together a diverse group of artists in community music and peace-building projects situated at the border of Mexico and the United States. Through its signature programs, weeklong residencies and two-day encuentros, Common Ground Voices / La Frontera considers forced migration, identity, place, belonging, and shared humanity in this politically charged and historically contested region.

    Photo credit: Juan Moyano

    Mission, Vision, & Values

    Modeled on Common Ground Voices in Jerusalem, CGV La Frontera aims to generate meaningful collaboration through music, explore and create music of shared human values and aspirations, contribute to community music as an exercise of non-violence, and utilize music as a springboard for a meaningful discussion about social and political change within the group as well as with the society in general. We believe in transcending political and demographic borders through art-, theatre-, and music-making; in the transformative potential of immersive and experiential encounters with difference; in the power of proximity to expand perspectives and open hearts; and in the role that culture-bearers play in building community.

  • Artistic Leadership

    Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros, Artistic Directors

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    Dr. Emilie Amrein is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion issues within the arts and academia. As Associate Professor of Music at the University of San Diego, she conducts the USD Concert Choir and Choral Leadership Collaboratory, and teaches courses on music and social justice movements.

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    Dr. André de Quadros is Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Education Department at Boston University. He directs four choirs: the Manado State University Choir (Indonesia), Common Ground Voices (Israeli / Palestinian / international), VOICES 21C (Boston), and Muslim Choral Ensemble (Sri Lanka).

  • Encuentros

    Community Music Workshops

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    August 28-30, 2019

    Tijuana, B.C.

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    October 4-6, 2019

    Tijuana, B.C.

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    February 7-9, 2020

    Tijuana, B.C.

  • Residencies

    Engaged Rehearsal & Performance Experiences

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    March 3-10, 2019

    in San Diego & Tijuana

    In March of 2019, Common Ground Voices / La Frontera gathered for a weeklong residency at the border of Mexico and the United States.

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    April 13-19, 2020

    in San Diego & Tijuana

    We are seeking applications from US-based singers to fill a few vacancies in our project roster. The Application can be found here: https://forms.gle/b2mhsbHcadiF4RW48

    Sueños, Visiones: Another Possible World
    Performances on March 9 & 10, 2019

    Thirty-three citizen artists traveled from across the continent for a weeklong residency, co-creating an intentional, international community through song. After intensive rehearsal and community engagement activities, the ensemble presented workshops and public performances of the program, “Sueños, Visiones: Another Possible World,” featuring choral works by Mexican and American composers, improvisation, movement, and narration in an immersive musical theatre experience for diverse audiences in both countries.

     

    For this project, CGV / La Frontera was pleased to collaborate with the following community partners: American Friends Service Committee; Beyond Borders Conference; Bread & Salt; CECUT; Centro de Artes Musicales; Cenzontle Ensamble Escénico Vocal; Ecoparque; El Sistema Nacional de Fomento Musical; Ensamble Redes 2025; Espacio Migrante; Fern Street Circus; Kenton "Ken10" Hundley; University of San Diego; US Customs & Border Protection; & Via International.

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