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.
Two unique presences of underground culture, Graham Lambkin and Jason Lescalleet began their collaboration in 2008, pushing their respective aesthetics to extremes. Tonight they give their third duo concert at ISSUE, celebrating the release of Photographs, joined by composer and performer Seth Cluett.
A catalyst in the world of creative music for over 30 years, Cooper-Moore presents a selection of song cycles with words and lyrics by Langston Hughes, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, W.E.B. Du Bois and more. Poet and master jazz basist / violinist Henry Grimes premieres a new project with MC, composer and producer HPrizm.
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.
Sunrise and shadows falling across the forest floor, waves upon the shore beach walks and park prowling our pockets filled with pills; tote bags carrying vials, syringes or bottles... Where's the awe? With Gregg Bordowitz, Ari Banias, Corrine Fitzpatrick Malik Gaines, Alexandro Segade, and Lynne Tillman.
Pitreleh— a new collaboration of Duane Pitre & Eleh— make their live debut tonight. The duo come together to excavate shrouded nuances of sound, using precision tunings to uncover the depths of the harmonic series. Composer Tashi Wada presents a new piece written for and performed by cellist Charles Curtis.
An internationally acclaimed cellist Charles Curtis has woven a unique career through the worlds of classical performance and musical experimentation. He has worked extensively with pioneers of new music including Christian Wolff, Alison Knowles, and Éliane Radigue, whose works— among others— he plays tonight.
Pauline Oliveros has left a profound imprint American music through her decades of work in improvisation, electronic music, teaching, and meditation. Tonight Oliveros returns to ISSUE with the large ensemble work "Primordial Lift". Olivia Block premieres "Dissolution", a solo meditation on communicative disruption.
Guitarist Marc Ribot, who helped organize and performed in the first ever ISSUE Project Room concert, returns tonight for an evening featuring the dynamic saxophonist, composer and improviser Matana Roberts, and the Irish guitarist Cian Nugent, whose striking instrumental folk draws on acoustic Americana traditions.