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.
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Conduction
100 feet of track; HO Scale cars go around bends, up walls, loop at high speeds, and you drive....
Bringing many varied influences to the table, the group is extremely excited to make their debut at the Project Room.
An evening of original compositions presented by a new generation of young composers, featuring Kim Anderson, Steven Long, Ben Katz, Caleb Burhans, and Jonathan Shapiro.
"It feels time to explore my sense of solo playing, and The Project Room is a great place to do it. Some new works for solo woodwinds. And it is always time to continue my long love of playing in a duo with bass players. I'm honored to be joined by Greg Cohen for various and varied duets." - Marty Erlich
Amy Annelle & Dimestore Danceband, a New York trio plus wildcard melodicists, is an ongoing group-composing and improvising conversation based around guitarist Jack Martin's succinct, affecting melodies, complimented by bassist Jude Webre and drummer Scott Jarvis.
A rare meeting between two musicians who have created together in many situations over the years including the seminal 80's Downtown power trio Semantics (with Ned Rothenberg).
Robert Dick & Jane Rigler (flutes and electronics) plus the premiere of Plateaus