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 Trio of Hemingway, Rothenberg and Waterman waves in and out of rhythmical harmonicities filling out a range of dynamics and fast flying multiphonics and overtones.
An evening of film and poetry collaborations.
A night of music, poetry and film, to keep the fires of rebellion and action lit and burning, featuring…
Ne(x)tworks and a number of stellar guests delve into the disparate world of open, graphic and modular scores created after the innovations of Earle Brown and the New York School of the 1950’s.
Quarks Swim Free is E#’s latest algorithmic piece of Orchestra Carbon.
Percussionists Stephen Flinn and Michael Evans join forces with sound artist Bruce Tovsky for an evening of improvisations, exploring the territory between acoustic instrumentation and electronic manipulation.