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Frances-Marie Uitti + Carol Robinson in Residence

Ongoing Series

Clarinetist Carol Robinson and cellist Frances-Marie Uitti have worked in parallel for years, originating from their work with Giacinto Scelsi. Together they are spectacular colorists; two bows, birbyne, string resonators, basset horn, in improvisations and compositions using naked sound and electronics.

ISSUE profiled by The Wall Street Journal

Andy Battaglia profiles ISSUE Project Room and speaks with newly named Artistic Director Lawrence Kumpf and Eve Essex about our upcoming plans for 2013.

AMPLIFY 2013: rotation

Ongoing Series

ISSUE in collaboration with Erstwhile, presents two nights with legendary guitarist Keith Rowe. Rowe performs solo and premieres collaborations with former Shadow Ring member Graham Lambkin, longtime collaborator and renowned composer, guitarist, and pianist Christian Wolff, and Wandelweiser member Michael Pisaro.

2012: The Year In Video

To celebrate the end of the year, we've gathered 10 videos from some of our favorite shows this season, many of which haven't been seen yet. Check out clips from our final show at the Old American Can Factory, Unsound NY 2012, Voices and Echoes, Philip Glass and more.

Two Artists Light the Way Into the Mind

The Wall Street Journal's Andy Beta interviews Ken Jabos and Aki Onda in anticipation of "Nervous Magic Lantern", a duo performance that receives its US premiere on December 12, 2012 as part of ISSUE's Artist-In-Residence program.

Philip Glass Solo

Philip Glass performs solo as part of our three-day festival "Philip Glass: Music with Friends", June 2012.

A landmark year for ISSUE

2012 has been a landmark year for ISSUE Project Room, but we currently face a serious challenge— damage to the ceiling of our theater has forced us to relocate all of our programming to alternate venues for the foreseeable future. As we prepare to continue programming outside of our home in 2013, we ask for your help.

I Become the Body Electric

Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim on Sergei Tcherepnin's "Massage Performance" in The New York Times.

WSJ Recommends Reza Negarestani & Florian Hecker

A Critic's Pick this week in the Wall Street Journal: on November 15th, Iranian philosopher and novelist Reza Negarestani and composer Florian Hecker come together in a live performance – less a collaboration, than a synthesis between philosophy and sound.

Hunter Hunt-Hendrix with Juliet Forshaw

Musicologist Juliet Forshaw interviews 2012 Artist-in-Residence Hunter Hunt-Hendrix in anticipation of the final performance of his residency. Following his controversial chapbook Transcendental Black Metal, he presents selections from his ever-in-progress libretto for the opera “OIOION” November 13, 2012.

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