Upcoming Events

Sofia Jernberg with Tomeka Reid, Craig Taborn & Ole Morten Vågan

Brooklyn Music School

Building on their 2021 digital commission as part of ISSUE’s Distant Pairs series, Sofia Jernberg and Tomeka Reid reunite for ISSUE's 2025 Winter Season Opening concert, live at Brooklyn Music School. This event showcases Jernberg and Reid in a unique quartet, joined by NYC-based pianist Craig Taborn and Norwegian bassist Ole Morten Vågan.

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Leila Hassan / Bergsonist

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

ISSUE invites audiences to the 22 Boerum Pl. theater to experience new projects by multidisciplinary artists Leila Hassan and Selwa Abd (Bergsonist).

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Qiujiang Levi Lu (卢秋江): Metanoia

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

ISSUE is pleased to present Metanoia, a work-in-progress solo performance at 22 Boerum Pl. by 2025 Artist-In-Residence Qiujiang Levi Lu (卢秋江). Using geophone sensors, a customized in-mouth speaker, feedback, body drumming, choreographed movements, and interactive light installations, the piece amplifies and externalizes what is otherwise unseen and unheard.

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Zosha Warpeha: Shadow

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

For her first commission, 2025 Artist-In-Residence Zosha Warpeha will adapt the tuning of her sympathetic-stringed Hardanger d’amore in response to the acoustics of the 22 Boerum Pl. theater.

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Past Events

Chuquimamani-Condori / Embaci

First Unitarian Congregational Society

ISSUE closes the 2024 Season with long overdue live performances by multidisciplinary artist and musician–belonging to the Pakajaqi nation of Aymara people–Chuquimamani-Condori, and Brooklyn-based vocalist and producer Embaci. The year-end event marks both artists’ return to ISSUE after postponement of events during the COVID-19 pandemic and each artist’s digital commissions during 2021.

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Sold Out! Axine M: Control Scheme

The Emily Harvey Foundation

Co-presented by ISSUE and The Emily Harvey Foundation, 2024 Artist-In-Residence Axine M presents her culminating commission "Control Scheme," songs and improvisations for computer-extended fretless guitar and voice.

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Katie Porter: Collaborations ex-situ

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

ISSUE presents the culminating commission from 2024 Artist-In-Residence Katie Porter. The composer/clarinetist presents three ongoing collaborations with artists Patricia Alessandrini, Katherine Liberovskaya, and anne penders.

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Joni: Surge

The Space at Irondale

2024 Artist-In-Residence Joni's Surge project builds to its conclusion, reworking recordings taken during surgeries by her doctors - per her request - and reinterprets the material to create an entirely new “body” of sound.

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Kwami Winfield: Up, within a subset

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

Using audio reactive instruments, Kwami Winfield will generate and influence sound and light across the reverberant cavern at ISSUE’s 22 Boerum Pl. for her culminating commission as a 2024 Artist-In-Residence.

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heartsleeves: LoVid & Ka Baird

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

ISSUE in partnership with Eyebeam presents 'heartsleeves,' a multifaceted, generative, and participatory web3 project by LoVid featuring a portrait of sound artist & composer Ka Baird.

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ASA-CHANG & Junray / Alma Laprida

The Invisible Dog Art Center

ISSUE and AvanTokyo are pleased to present esteemed Japanese band ASA-CHANG & Junray for their debut U.S. performance. The evening will also feature Argentinian experimental artist Alma Laprida whose creative pursuits encompass composition, improvisation, performance, installation, and radiophonic pieces.

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