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.
The international collective, Radon, performs at ISSUE Project Room on their 10 year anniversary tour. They are joined by Sikhara and HHY & Drums of Habnon.
ISSUE Project Room welcomes the quartet of Andrew Barker, Daniel Carter, Tanya Kalmanovitch, and Hill Greene to present it’s first meeting; a genesis of total improvisation. The quartet will be joined with a performance from Columbian composer, Ricardo Gallo.
The Wingdale Community Singers bring their old-community-feel of folk music to ISSUE Project Room with new material from their record "Spirit Duplicator."
French composer, Francis Dhomont, presents new work in electroacoustic music at ISSUE Project Room.
Collaborative performances between Michael Flower, Chris Corsano, Count Hejnowski, Phil Todd, Mel Crowley and Marcia Bassett.
Ashtray Navigations and the Flower Corsano Duo perform new works at ISSUE Project Room.
Bobby Previte presents the premiere of AMNIOTIC, a new post-psychedelia trio with Previte, drums, Jamie Saft, bass and keyboards, and Jen Shyu, voice. AMNIOTIC takes over where Saft and Previte’s DOOM JAZZ left off.
Sim Cain appears in a solo context “because the IPR asked me when I had been coincidentally considering the drum kit in a solo context” followed by a set with bass legend and ethnomusicologist (as well as former Rollins Band mate) Melvin Gibbs.