Isabel Hagen and Friends
About This Event
Isabel Hagen and Friends brings violist-comedian Isabel Hagen's song-forward rock/pop project to Union Hall with a rotating ensemble. Hagen's set draws on her classical training and stand-up timing, treating the viola as instrument and subject while leaving space for ensemble interplay. The bill includes Brittany—whose meme-inflected humor and frequent Union Hall collaborations inform her stage work—and Carney, whose practice moves between live electronic sets, rock/pop and direct audience address.
About the Artists
Isabel Hagen and Friends
Isabel Hagen and Friends is a rock/pop set built around Isabel Hagen, presented in New York City rooms like Union Hall. The project gathers rotating collaborators under a simple billing, with Hagen as the central throughline on stage.
Isabel Hagen
Isabel Hagen is an American violist who works across comedy and filmmaking, bringing a musician’s timing to her stage presence. Trained in the classical tradition, she has built a practice that moves between concert-hall discipline and stand-up structure.
Will
Will is a rock/pop performer heard at Union Hall as part of *Isabel Hagen and Friends*, the rotating ensemble built around violist-comedian Isabel Hagen’s song-forward project. Working alongside players like Hagen, Purpura, Brittany, and Carney, he moves between band support and conversational interplay, leaving room for quick shifts in tone.
Purpura,
Purpura is a New York City–based rock/pop artist who appears in club and small-room settings, including Union Hall. Their work often surfaces in collaborative bills, performing alongside Isabel Hagen and Friends as well as artists such as Will, Brittany, and Carney.
Brittany
Brittany, a vibrant force in the Rock/Pop scene, has been captivating audiences at Union Hall in Brooklyn with her dynamic performances. Known for her magnetic stage presence and a knack for engaging storytelling, she frequently collaborates with a talented lineup of comedians and musicians such as Naomi Karavani and Jared Goldstein.
Carney
Carney is a New York–based individual performer working across electronic sets, DJ culture, rock/pop, and stand-up comedy. In recent NYC appearances, they’ve brought live electronic work to The Woodshop and shifted into rock/pop and comedy on the Union Hall stage, including bills alongside x3butterfly, Eros, Ellis Delta, Naomi, Brittany, Marcus, Aasif, and Coleman.