The Lisette Project brings performers, scholars, and audiences together to explore the rich world of Haitian classical music. Founded in 2021 by artistic director Jean Bernard Cerin, we bring these stories to life through film, lectures, concerts, and new recordings in collaboration with universities, concert presenters, museums, and television networks, around the world. Our current work centers on Lisette quitté la plaine, the oldest published song in Haitian Creole. ​Here, you’ll find a brief history, recordings, podcasts, and short documentary about this historical text, its many transformations, and shifting significance over 270 years.