At Roulette, Ingrid Laubrock presents *Purposing The Air*, a live classical work performed with her ensemble and featured voices from Sara Serpa and Theo Bleckmann, alongside Matt Mitchell. The piece treats breath as structure rather than ornament, moving between composed detail and the porous edge where sound becomes physical. In New York’s ongoing conversation between contemporary classical practice and downtown experimentation, it reads as a document of that hybrid lineage, not a crossover gesture. The earned effect is austere but human, attentive to how voices and instruments share space.