Recorded live in September 2012, this concert of solo and duo sets by Nate Wooley and Lebanon's Mazen Kerbaj reimagines the physical boundaries of the trumpet— combining vocalization, extreme extended technique, noise and drone aesthetics, amplification and feedback, and compositional rigor.

A performance by Frances-Marie Uitti, cello virtuoso, innovator, and champion of new and experimental music, recorded live at ISSUE in February 2011. The recital features compositions dedicated to Uitti by Rocco Di Pietro, Annie Gosfield, and György Kurtág, as well as one of her own multiphonic works.

Hunter Hunt-Hendrix kicks off his residency in a duo performance as Liturgy with Bernhard Gann. Eruptions of distorted guitar and industrial-like discharges of noise that accelerate, decelerate and explode in and out of sync with the back beat. Apocalyptic and ethereal.

Drawing on Indian music, Minimalism, and the outsider tradition of instrument building composers, Che Chen and Sherlock Terry‘s collaborative work is rooted in the sonic potential contained within a single note. This work was created as part of ISSUE's Emerging Artist Commission program, and premiered September 8th 2012.

Harmoniumist/electronicist Jaime Fennelly performs with choreographer Miguel Gutierrez in a reunion of their long-time collaboration. Fennelly bends slowly-building, repetitive melodies into massive sonic mountains.

In May 2012, ISSUE presented a rare live performance by Klyd and Linda Watkins of Poetry Out Loud— a 70s era audio magazine of oral poetry and word-as-sound art— with guests Tom Carter, Keith Connolly and Dave Nuss.