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.
ISSUE Artist-In-Residence, Matana Roberts, will premiere the last of three new COIN COIN pieces which focus on spatial and environmental interplay while excavating themes relating to her familial heritage and own personal history.
ISSUE Project Room presents a performance by Nate Wooley, C. Spencer Yeh, and Chris Corsano working as an improvising unit, as well as the premiere and recording of Wooley’s new work with tape which extends the work recently released on Important Records (Seven Storey Mountain with David Grubbs and Paul Lytton).
The third night of the Essential Repertoire Festival at ISSUE Project Room featuring performances by Peter Zummo, David van Tieghem, Ned Sublette, Jill Kroesen, Peter Gordon & the Love of Life Orchestra.
The second night of the Essential Repertoire Festival at ISSUE Project Room featuring performances by Meredith Monk/M6, Jon Gibson and Phill Niblock.
The first night of the Essential Repertoire Festival at ISSUE Project Room featuring performances by Connie Beckley, “Blue” Gene Tyranny, and Petr Kotik.
Jutta Koether, Tony Conrad and John Miller bring back the alien drones to ISSUE Project Room just in time for Thanksgiving.
The Scott Haggart / Lary Seven / Felix Kubin Trio will further expand the territory of DISKONO 017 – a conceptual 12” vinyl record assembled over the course of seven years.
ISSUE Project Room presents new works by Manuel Mota, Margarida Garcia & Marcia Bassett Duo, and the Barry Weisblat & Mike Bernstein Duo.