An evening of contemporary music for multiple electric guitars. Conceived and curated by composer Dan Joseph, the program explores the growing repertoire of multiple electric guitar compositions with works by a diverse group of composers spanning three generations.
Elliott Sharp performs his piece "Octal:Book Two" for solo 8-string guitarbass. Orchestra Carbon also performs Elliott Sharp's "SyndaKit."
Actor, director, and writer Steve Buscemi and composer/multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp return to present excerpts of their collaboration "Rub Out The Word." The evening also features a new collaboration between current ISSUE Artist-in-Residence, Cecilia Corrigan and past AIR James Ilgenfritz.
A newly commissioned opera by Elliott Sharp depicts the final moments of philosopher Walter Benjamin’s life in Port-Bou at the French-Spanish border as he flees Nazi-occupied France. Bass/baritone Nicholas Isherwood stars with pianist Jenny Lin, accordionist William Schimmel, and electro-acoustic backgrounds by Sharp.
ISSUE and WSB100 present a celebration of the legacy of William S. Burroughs during the 100th anniversary of the writer's birth. Actor, director, and writer Steve Buscemi and composer/multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp collaborate, creating a collage of sound and words from texts by William Burroughs.
Now in its ninth year, Darmstadt's annual birthday concert has become a time-honored tradition. Terry Riley's 1964 masterwork is performed by new music legends including Joan La Barbara, Matana Roberts, Elliott Sharp, Joshua Rubin, Conrad Harris, Pauline Kim Harris, and members of So Percussion and Iktus percussion.
Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain
Elliott Sharp plays a set of his signature solo guitar improvisations, an evening that includes sets by the arresting percussionist Eli Keszler, and the Mauritanian duo Noura Mint Seymali & Jeiche Ould Chighaly, whose songs address the political cultural spectrum of contemporary urban Africa.
From the archives, with Raz Mesinai, Eyvind Kang, Steve Piccolo, Gak Sato, Elliott Sharp, Andrea Parkins, Eugene Chadbourne, Marc Ribot and more.
From the archives, with Morgan Craft, DJ Mutamassik, Aki Onda, Alan Licht, Jonathan Bepler, Michiyo Yagi, Elliott Sharp, Toshi Makihara Quartet, Ellery Eskelin Trio, sTUNgUN and more.
From the archives, with Tarantula, Charlotte Hug, Chantale Laplante, EJ Rodriguez, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, Rebecca Moore, Fred Rogers tribute, and Carl Maguire.
From the archives, a benefit with Sean Meehan, Alan Licht, Elliott Sharp, Marco Cappelli, Barbara Barg and Billionaires for Bush Fonda Sterling and DJ Olive.