Monarch Butterfly by rocío sánchez (2026 AIR) features Melissa Almaguer (tap dance and percussion) and Kenneth Jiménez (double bass). Together, the trio explores the elusive monarch’s migratory journey through sound and movement, with each instrument articulating distinct states of motion.
Isabella Thorpe-Woods presents "Envelop/e," her second program as ISSUE’s 2026 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Bringing together choreographers Jade Manns and Ella Dawn W-S for site-specific duets, they navigate presence and absence, repetition and rupture, and the tension between inherited geometries and shifting landscapes.
"Spiriting Off" is a new solo work by luthier Webb Crawford (2026 AIR) for electric guitar, tenor banjo, and five-string banjo.
ISSUE closes the summer season with the return of Matana Roberts (2009 AIR). Opening the evening, Ben Vida (2013 AIR) will perform music from his 2026 release, "Oblivion Seekers" with vocalist Sara Magenheimer.
Founded in 2002 as a vehicle for musical exploration, Pamplemousse presents concerts of extraordinary focus and clarity.
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.
Clarinetist, Alejandro Acierto, and Cellist, Isabel Castellvi, bring their AI Ensemble to Issue Project Room. Accompanied with a performance by the MIVOS String Quartet.
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.
Composer / Performer, Ned Rothenberg, & Sardinian prepared-guitarist, Paolo Angeli, perform at ISSUE Project Room.
ISSUE Project Room’s Artist In Residence, Duane Pitre, presents Perfect/Imperfect, for Amplified String Quintet and Sine Tones.
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.
Live performances James Blackshaw, Meg Baird and Metal Mountains at ISSUE Project Room.