Pulsing Sound Series-6 Wet Ink Ensemble
A world-class collective of composer-performers redefining contemporary music through bold, genre-defying innovation.
A world-class collective of composer-performers and improvisers, Wet Ink is celebrated for its genre defying innovation and uncompromising artistry. Named “Best Classical Music Ensemble of 2018” by The New York Times, their performances are praised as “sublimely exploratory” and “artfully controlled.”
The Wet Ink Ensemble is a collective of composers, performers and improvisers dedicated to adventurous music-making. Named “The Best Classical Music Ensemble of 2018” by The New York Times, Wet Ink’s work is rooted in an ethos of innovation through collaboration, extending from the music and the unique performance practice developed in the “band” atmosphere of Wet Ink’s core octet of composer-performers, to projects with a broad range of renowned creators, from Evan Parker to George Lewis to Peter Ablinger, and committed performances of music by young and underrepresented composers, from today’s most promising emerging voices to the next generation of artists.
Hailed for “sublimely exploratory” (The Chicago Reader) and “dense, wild, yet artfully controlled” (The New York Times) performances and “uncompromisingly original music by its members, and unflagging belief in the power of collaboration” (The New Yorker), Wet Ink has been presenting concerts of new music at the highest level in New York City and around the world for over 20 years. Wet Ink’s programming celebrates the nexus of composition, improvisation and interpretation, from early collaborations with Christian Wolff and ZS to pioneering portrait concerts of Peter Ablinger, Mathias Spahlinger, Anthony Braxton, and the AACM composers, work with renowned creative musicians such as Ingrid Laubrock, Peter Evans, Darius Jones, and Katherine Young, and long-term collaborative projects with Wet Ink’s four acclaimed composer-members (Alex Mincek, Sam Pluta, Kate Soper, and Eric Wubbels).
Featured Musicians:
Alex Mincek, saxophones
Eric Wubbels, piano
Josh Modney, violin
Mariel Roberts Musa, cello
T.J. Borden, cello
Program:
Alex Mincek, Flutter
Mariel Roberts Musa, Melted down
Alex Mincek, selections from Harmonielehre, for violin and piano
Mariel Roberts Musa, Lightning Field for 2 cellos
Featuring: Mariel Roberts Musa and TJ Borden, cellos, Modney, violin, Eric Wubbels, piano, Alex Mincek, saxophone
Pulsing Sound, presented by THE BLANC and curated by Sofia Ouyang is a bold, cross-disciplinary concert series, weaving sound, movement, and image into immersive artistic encounters.From intimate solo works to dynamic chamber ensembles, the season ranges from acoustic traditions to the frontiers of electronics, film, and multimedia. Featuring both rising talents and acclaimed collectives, Pulsing Sound invites audiences into innovative, emotionally resonant, and visually immersive experiences that capture the pulse of contemporary living.
Musicians
Wet Ink has been in residence at institutions including Duke University, EMPAC (Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center), Columbia University, the Royal Academy of Music (UK), and The Walden School, among many others, and has been featured on numerous recordings. Highlights include Katharina Rosenberger’s TEXTUREN, which was awarded a German Record Critics Prize, and solo records by Alex Mincek (Torrent), Kate Soper (IPSA DIXIT), Sam Pluta (Broken Symmetries), Eric Wubbels (Duos with Piano, Book 1), and Josh Modney (Engage), all of which were celebrated on various “Best of” lists by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Bandcamp Daily, Sequenza 21, and The Nation. Wet Ink has released three acclaimed solo albums (Wet Ink Ensemble, Relay, and Wet Ink: 20, which features the Wet Ink Large Ensemble), and will release another in April 2020 featuring large-scale works written for the Wet Ink band by Sam Pluta and Alex Mincek.
