CROSSING
Borderlands Ensemble
Release Date: May 15, 2026
On their sophomore release CROSSING, the Borderlands Ensemble invites listeners into a musical landscape shaped by memory, place, and shared experience. Moving between introspective lyricism and expansive, cinematic gesture, the album blends strings, guitar, and the distinctive voice of the French horn to tell stories rooted in the desert. Featuring new works by Barbara White, Jorge Sosa, Nubia Jaime-Donjuan, Edwin Guevara-Gutiérrez, and Michael Leibowitz, plus three new arrangements of classic Mexican canciones, CROSSING offers an authentic and deeply felt journey from the borderlands of the American Southwest.
Borderlands Ensemble
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The album will be digitally delivered via email on May 15, 2026.
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TRACK LIST
1. nothing in the cry by Barbara White
2-4. Pequeño Concierto by Jorge Sosa
I. Melancolía II. Blues de Cantina III. Malagueña Metalera
5. CROSSING by Nubia Jaime-Donjuan
6-8. Saguaro Suite by Edwin Guevara-Gutiérrez
I. Garwood Trails II. Cactus Forest III. Ironwood
9. Danza Mestiza by Nubia Jaime-Donjuan
10. "A su Merced, Don José" by Nubia Jaime-Donjuan
11-14. Badlands by Michael Leibowitz
I. The Desert II. Antelope Canyon III. Tumamoc Hill at Sunset. IV. The Desert at Night
15. La Ley del Monte by José Ángel Espinoza Aragón
16. Tequila con Limón by Manuel Esperón/Ernesto Cortazar
17. La Tequilera by Alfredo D'Orsay Sotelo
ALBUM CREDITS
Borderlands Ensemble:
Ellen Ensey, Laura Casarez, and Emily Chao, violins; Ann Weaver, viola; Robert Chamberlain, cello; Johanna Lundy, horn; José Luis Puerta, guitar
Recorded at the Jeffrey Haskell Recording Studio, Tucson, AZ, 5/20-22, 9/10, and 9/16, 2024
Engineered and Mastered by Wiley Ross
Produced by Johanna Lundy, Sean Bresemann, Laura Casarez, and Freddy Vasquez