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.
Isolated Field Recordings Series
ISSUE is pleased to present To the Planetarium, a new long-form recording from writer and musician Derek Baron. The recording is part of the Isolated Field Recording Series, commissioning artists to produce field recordings to be streamed over the course of this challenging and isolated time.
ISSUE returns to the First Unitarian Congregational Society to present an expansive program of liberated sound featuring Peter Brötzmann’s trio outfit Full Blast with Marino Pliakas & Michael Wertmüller, as well as new solo work by John Wiese and Victoria Shen.
Isolated Field Recordings Series
ISSUE is pleased to present Alive In St. Louis, a new recording, video, and “CD” from filmmaker, video artist, musician & performer Andrew Lampert. The piece contains a selection of songs, sounds and noises produced with a guitar, keyboard and electricity, largely captured on Iphone and mostly made alone.
Isolated Field Recordings Series
Translating to “from one fragment to another,” D'un fragment à l'autre is a sonic retrospective of “exhumed” fragments from Bergsonist's published body of work and a collaboration with multimedia artist and longtime visual collaborator Greg Zifcak.
Isolated Field Recordings Series
Vocal artist, composer & writer Shelley Hirsch has recorded elements of her current frequent practice: generating improvised text through vocalizing through a harmonizer in tandem with recordings of Morton Feldman pieces.
Isolated Field Recordings Series
ISSUE is pleased to stream SHARDS:PROPRIOCEPTION, a new recording and accompanying visual project by multimedia artist, producer, performer, and engineer QUALIATIK. The piece aims to capture the contrast between an inner spaciousness and an outer claustrophobia.
Isolated Field Recordings Series
A deeply personal two-part recording, 9 a.m. (Eternal) simultaneously embraces both the inner & outer interiorities of Toussaint-Baptiste’s early morning life in Crown Heights, NYC, with mundane practices finding new significance against the neighborhood’s dramatically shifting acoustic and physical landscapes.
ISSUE presents an evening of pioneering work from choreographer and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer and composer David Behrman, highlighting the artists’ work interpreted and presented by a new generation of artists.