Upcoming Events

Writer & performer Justin Allen opens his ISSUE residency with Guitar, a new performance stemming from ongoing research into how to emulate, experiment with, and better understand the performance practices of punk singers. The first performance of the series features vocals by poet Sean D. Henry-Smith.

Composer & multi-instrumentalist John Krausbauer performs in collaboration with Tokyo-born composer Kaori Suzuki. Lary 7 performs a live version of his “droney tone” film piece, an unrepeatable sound & light “rewind” piece which borrows from the arcane technological worlds of film, light & sound mechanisms.

ISSUE presents the NY premiere of Always Already a new commissioned work by Ben Vida performed by renowned quartet Yarn/Wire, vocalist Nina Dante, and Vida himself. The evening also features the ISSUE debut of composer Aaron David Ross (ADR), presenting new compositions from his unreleased Filter Failure.

Curatorial Fellow Leyya Tawil presents her first program in the NOMADIC SIGNALS series, featuring the NYC debuts of music & performance outlet Porest & feminist noise reggaeton duo Las Sucias. NOMADIC SIGNALS is a vessel for sonic performance operating in what Tawil refers to as the “diasporic imaginary."

ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Holland Andrews presents Onè, a long-form vocal & clarinet performance focused on ancestral trauma, cathartic experience, and, ultimately, healing. With emotionality at the core of their compositional style, Andrews is known for expansive works which create massive cathedrals of sound.

ISSUE is pleased to premiere Orpheus Variations, a new composition by revolutionary American composer Alvin Lucier for solo cello, seven wind instruments & seven dancers. Written for and performed by cellist Charles Curtis and wind ensemble, the piece is staged featuring new choreography from Abigail Levine.

Marcia Bassett presents a new sound + light performance featuring projections sourced from digitized super 8mm film, liquid light experiments, and video feedback + color gel slide projections by Barry Weisblat. Kyle Eyre Clyd, the moniker of Alabama-based, interdisciplinary artist Kyle Kessler, also presents new work.

John McCowen presents compositions for solo contrabass clarinet for his inaugural performance as an Artist-In-Residence. These works present the concept of the instrument as an acoustic synthesizer. By sustaining multiple sounds simultaneously, the clarinet becomes a harmonic tube where sounds create beating harmonics.