The Crossing

The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland (CBOI), Ireland’s most acclaimed youth orchestra will perform “The Crossing, Celebrating Cultures and Connections” at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City. The Orchestra will perform alongside Drum and Piping Corps and be accompanied onstage by a variety of children’s choirs from select schools across the New York City area. Established in 1995 as a means of bringing young people together from different backgrounds and communities, the CBOI was founded at a landmark moment in Irish history, the implementation of a long-term peace process. Comprised of 130 Catholic & Protestant school children, aged 12-24 years from all over Ireland, the CBOI strives to highlight the importance if Arts & Culture in the public school system and convey its message of peace, tolerance and unity through the powerful medium of music.