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.
This installment of io brings together choreographer Kim Brandt (2015 AIR) and Isabella Thorpe-Woods (2026 SFCF). Centered around never-before-released footage from Clear Night (2016)—Brandt's eight-day AIR commission at Pioneer Works—the project revisits a performance that has remained largely unseen for nearly a decade.
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.
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.