Formed in NYC in 1993, the improvising collective No-Neck Blues Band (NNCK) favors anonymity, autonomy, and obfuscation. Alongside founding member Keith Connolly (2016 AIR), they return to open ISSUE’s Fall season at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn.
ISSUE presents the first commission from Eden Girma (2026 AIR). Part dreamscape and part summoning circle, an intimate diasporic familial archive is pieced together through the eyes of a five-year-old child.
In partnership with Franklin Furnace as part of their 50th anniversary commemoration and November release of "Back to the Present: 50 Years of Free Expression with Franklin Furnace" ISSUE presents an evening of performance and conversation.
Incorporating elements of noise, trance and minimalism, Sergei Tcherepnin (2012 AIR) presents new work for Serge Modular synthesizer.
S.E.M. Ensemble performs music where distance – both physical and symbolic – becomes a compositional factor. The program includes a set of solo performances by percussionist and S.E.M. Ensemble member Chris Nappi.
On the extra day this year Mivos Quartet will be hosting their first fundraising event. Join Mivos for a night of great music, food, drinks, a silent auction, and an after party!
Now entering its 4th year, The Experimental Music Yearbook is a repository for composers, performers, and the public to glean the methods and styles of various artists. Composers include Peter Ablinger, Casey Anderson, Olivia Block, John P. Hastings, Tom Johnson, Taku Sugimoto, Hans W. Koch, and Christian Wolff.
Flowers & Cream, an independent poetry publishing imprint founded by Sonic Youth songwriter Thurston Moore, features work by young, emerging poets steeped in contemporary poetic practice and investigation/illumination. The evening features Moore joined by Elaine Kahn, Anselm Berrigan, John Coletti and more.
One of the few new music ensembles that writes its own music, Ensemble Pamplemousse has been fishing through the new music community looking for composers who reflect the ideals Pamplemousse holds dearly- idiosyncratic ideas, the dedication to carry them out, and the audacity to playfully disregard any of that.
Title TK, a banter-prone band that has been described as ‘a cross between David Antin and Spinal Tap,' perform on a bill with viola/bassoon free improv duo Architeuthis Walks on Land (Amy Cimini and Katherine Young).
Anthony Coleman is a composer-keyboardist who has performed and recorded throughout the world. He performs his compositions solo and in ensembles joined by Sean Conly and Satoshi Takeshi, Ashley Paul and Eli Keszler and many more.
