ISSUE presents the premiere of three audiovisual compositions by Matt Mottel (2010 AIR). These works bring Mottel’s distinct artistic sensibility into dialogue with formative figures in his life and in New York’s avant-garde, tracing a lineage that is both deeply personal and central to ISSUE’s history.
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.
VERGE ensemble hails from Washington, DC where it is the new music ensemble in residence at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Tonight's program features author Nick Antosca and cellist Collin Oldham, premiering his electronic instrument inventions, the Cellomobo and Radio Tape Knife.
This evening Ensemble One presents new music utilizing both improvised and predetermined elements. Providing support is Brooklyn-based harpist, Shelley Burgon.
John McDonough and Kurt Gottschalk present a night of John Cage’s music, in preparation for their upcoming CD of Cage’s compositions for radio, to be released in 2009 on Mode Recordings.
Founded in 1970 by Petr Kotik, S.E.M. Ensemble is dedicated to the performance and advancement of new music. Over the past ten years the ensemble's repertoire has included compositions by Cage, Feldman, Kotik, Phil Niblock - much of it written specifically for the ensemble - representing the group's artistic pursuits.
February celebrates the individuality of instrumentation with a week of horns, percussion, string and voice. Suzanne Fiol curates in collaboration with 4 musicians; Chris McIntyre: A Week of Horns, Billy Martin: A Week of Percussion, Zach Layton: A Week of Strings, Sarah Ibrahim: A Week of Voice.
February celebrates the individuality of instrumentation with a week of horns, percussion, string and voice. Suzanne Fiol curates in collaboration with 4 musicians; Chris McIntyre: A Week of Horns, Billy Martin: A Week of Percussion, Zach Layton: A Week of Strings, Sarah Ibrahim: A Week of Voice.
February celebrates the individuality of instrumentation with a week of horns, percussion, string and voice. Suzanne Fiol curates in collaboration with 4 musicians; Chris McIntyre: A Week of Horns, Billy Martin: A Week of Percussion, Zach Layton: A Week of Strings, Sarah Ibrahim: A Week of Voice.
February celebrates the individuality of instrumentation with a week of horns, percussion, string and voice. Suzanne Fiol curates in collaboration with 4 musicians; Chris McIntyre: A Week of Horns, Billy Martin: A Week of Percussion, Zach Layton: A Week of Strings, Sarah Ibrahim: A Week of Voice.