…No Way to Say Goodbye is a collection of songs for string quartet that substitutes a second violin for a double bass. The music is influenced by an interest in the simplistic beauty of folk songs and a belief that one’s ability to accompany oneself in song as one of the more natural expressions of music.

ISSUE Project Room is proud to host its first Littoral Reading Series event of 2009 featuring: Amiri Baraka and Henry Grimes.

Alex Waterman performs In Sum: Solos for Cello, Stroh Violin, Radios and Field Recordings.

“Suite-ness Expanded”: Bach’s Suite No.1 in G major for cello is opened up to include works by contemporary composers from the USA, Mexico, and Italy.

Till by Turning and Folds Ensemble perform new works at ISSUE Project Room.

Live performances James Blackshaw, Meg Baird and Metal Mountains at ISSUE Project Room.

OptoSonic Tea is a regular series of meetings dedicated to the convergence of live visuals with live sound which focuses on the visual component. This evening includes live sets by Richard Lainhardt, Domenico Sciajno, and Zach Layton.

ISSUE Project Room’s Artist In Residence, Duane Pitre, presents Perfect/Imperfect, for Amplified String Quintet and Sine Tones.

Composer / Performer, Ned Rothenberg, & Sardinian prepared-guitarist, Paolo Angeli, perform at ISSUE Project Room.

Chance. You can give it, you can take it, and if you’re daring, you can create with it. Protean composer, performer and aural provocateur Melissa St. Pierre does all three. Plus, making its US debut, Igor Cubrilovic performs Glaciers at ISSUE Project Room.

Clarinetist, Alejandro Acierto, and Cellist, Isabel Castellvi, bring their AI Ensemble to Issue Project Room. Accompanied with a performance by the MIVOS String Quartet.

Composer and bagpipe virtuoso Matthew Welch presents an evening of traditional and new music for his notorious instrument, exploring tunes from the idiom and newer ones inspired by it.

Founded in 2002 as a vehicle for musical exploration, Pamplemousse presents concerts of extraordinary focus and clarity.

An evening of electronic/computer music at ISSUE Project Room.

MATA Interval 2.4: Play! Music for Toys is curated by Angélica Negrón. Featuring performances by ensemble TRANSIT, Judy Dunaway, Jenny Walshe, and special guest Margaret Leng Tan.

Jason Cady presents Happiness is the Problem: A Phono-Graphic Novel, a two-act opera buffa and comic book about idealism and disillusionment. Ben Neill will present a concert of music for his self-designed mutantrumpet and interactive electronics.

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to host a special performance of Erik Satie’s masterpiece, “Socrate” based on the life and death of Socrates, featuring a libretto by Jean Cocteau, performed by soprano Daisy Press and pianist Emily Manzo.

Huang Ruo performs Future in Reverse (FIRE) and Anthony Coleman shares new work at ISSUE Project Room.

ISSUE Project Room’s Artist In Residence, Duane Pitre, presents new work.

Ne(x)tworks and Stars Like Fleas member, Shelley Burgon, performs at ISSUE Project Room, and Berlin Based Pianist, Michael Wilhelmi, presents new works for interactive electronics and Piano.