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Wet Ink Ensemble to Present World Premieres by Aurora Nealand & Jo Kondo at Roulette
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 27, 2026

Wet Ink Ensemble will present two world premieres and an NYC premiere at Roulette in Brooklyn, closing their 27th season with new works by Aurora Nealand, Jo Kondo, Alex Mincek, and Jürg Frey.

Wet Ink Ensemble To Present The Sam Pluta Big Band At DiMenna Center
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 15, 2026

Wet Ink Ensemble will present The Sam Pluta Big Band in concert at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. The program includes the world premiere of Oracle Machines and celebrates the release of Pluta’s album Slays Well with Others.

Wet Ink Ensemble to Present Third Annual Mini-Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 20, 2025

New York City-based new music collective Wet Ink Ensemble will present its third annual Mini-Festival featuring performances and new works by the Ensemble's Artists-in-Residence.

Wet Ink Ensemble to Present Mini-Festival Of Adventurous Music At Dixon Place
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 4, 2024

New York City-based new music collective Wet Ink Ensemble will present a mini-festival of adventurous music celebrating works by this season's artists-in-residence, plus a new album release by ensemble member Kate Soper. Learn how to attend.

Kate Soper to Release Recording Of Opera THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 20, 2024

Composer Kate Soper will release the world premiere recording of her opera, THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE, featuring the Wet Ink Ensemble. This two-act opera delves into the complexities of love and desire.

Wet Ink Ensemble to Conclude 25th Anniversary Season With Spring Chamber Concert At St. Peter's Chelsea
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 21, 2024

Wet Ink Ensemble will wrap up its 25th anniversary season with a spring chamber concert at St. Peter’s Chelsea, featuring works by Carolyn Chen, Sam Pluta, and a world premiere by Eric Wubbels. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

Wet Ink Ensemble Concludes 25th Anniversary Season with Spring Chamber Concert at St. Peter's Chelsea
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2024

New York City-based new music collective, Wet Ink Ensemble, concludes its 25th anniversary season with a spring chamber music concert featuring works by composers Carolyn Chen, Eric Wubbels, and Sam Pluta, alongside a duo performance by Peter Evans and Sam Pluta on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. at St. Peter’s Chelsea.

Miller Theatre Announces The Winter 2024 Season Of Its Free POP-UP CONCERTS
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 14, 2023

Miller Theatre announces its Winter 2024 season of free POP-UP CONCERTS. Don't miss this exciting lineup of performances from January 23rd to March 12th.

Wet Ink Ensemble Gives Concert Of Premieres at The DiMenna Center Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 18, 2022

New York City-based new music collective Wet Ink Ensemble continues its 2022-2023 season with a program of new and recent works written Artist-in-Residence Rick Burkhardt and members of the ensemble on Saturday, November 19th, 2022 at 7:30pm at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music's Benzaquen Hall.

Wet Ink Ensemble Announces 2022-23 Artists-In-Residence
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 16, 2022

NYC-based new music group Wet Ink Ensemble announces its three new Artists-in-Residence: Obie award-winning theater artist Rick Burkhardt, composer and drummer Vicente Hansen Atria, and saxophonist and composer Ingrid Laubrock.

Wet Ink Ensemble Presents AIR CONCERTS 04: Nick Dunston and Mosaic Orchestra At Abrons Arts Center, June 22
by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2022

​​​​​​​Wet Ink Ensemble appears at the Playhouse Theater at Abrons Arts Center for AIR Concerts 04 on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:30pm. The Wet Ink band is joined by innovative improvisers that include bassoonist Katherine Young (also a 2021-22 Artist-In-Residence), vocalist Charmaine Lee, and trombonist Weston Olencki.

Wet Ink Ensemble Premieres Works By Katherine Young, Rick Burkhardt, Mariel Roberts, Peter Evans, and Eric Wubbels
by Stephi Wild - Mar 8, 2022

The program features a new work by 2021-22 Artist-in-Residence Katherine Young, We are all lichens for bass flute, tenor saxophone, violin, cello, feedback piano, drum kit, and live electronics, in which improvisation permeates the piece as musicians improvise extended passages based on carefully workshopped materials.

International Contemporary Ensemble & Wet Ink Ensemble to Combine At Target Margin Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 30, 2021

On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 7:00pm, the International Contemporary Ensemble combines with the Wet Ink Ensemble at Target Margin Theater to present new works on themes of text, language, and syntax by Rebecka Ahvenniemi, Linda Catlin Smith, Anthony Braxton, and Eric Wubbels.

Wet Ink to Present Two AIR Concerts Featuring New Works By Artists-in-Residence
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 4, 2021

On Wednesday, November 17 and Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 7:30pm, Wet Ink Ensemble will present two evenings of new music as part of the ensemble's AIR Concerts at Scholes Street Studio in Brooklyn.

Wet Ink Ensemble Announces Fall Season in NYC and Chicago and Launches Artist-in-Residence Program
by Stephi Wild - Sep 21, 2021

The Wet Ink Ensemble announces its fall 2021 lineup of concerts and inaugural Artist-in-Residence Program, featuring composer-performers Nick Dunston and Katherine Young, as well as new editions of the Wet Ink Archive, the ensemble's artist-curated online journal of adventurous music.

TIME:SPANS Festival Presents Wet Ink Ensemble in Premiere Play Presentations
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 27, 2021

On Friday, August 20, 2021 at 7:30pm, Time:Spans Festival presents the Wet Ink Ensemble in a program of world premieres at The Dimenna Center for Classical Music's Mary Flagler Cary Hall. The concert features the in-person world premieres of Wet Ink members Alex Mincek's So Many Ways (2021), Sam Pluta's Systems of Interaction I (2021), and Mariel Roberts' or we don't need light (2021) as well as Ben Lamar Gay's Known Better. Still Lit (2021).

TIME:SPANS Festival to Present Wet Ink Ensemble In Premieres By Alex Mincek, Sam Pluta, Mariel Roberts and Ben Lamar Gay
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 27, 2021

The concert features the in-person world premieres of Wet Ink members Alex Mincek's So Many Ways (2021), Sam Pluta's Systems of Interaction I (2021), and Mariel Roberts' or we don't need light (2021) as well as Ben Lamar Gay's Known Better. Still Lit (2021).

Wet Ink Ensemble Presents Premieres By Eric Wubbels and Mariel Roberts, Plus New Collaborative Work
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2020

On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 7:30 and 9:30 P.M. at Scholes Street Studio, the 'sublimely exploratory' (The Chicago Reader) Wet Ink Ensemble presents two performances featuring the world premiere of Eric Wubbels' new work for voice and piano, Field of Action (2020), written for and featuring Charmaine Lee, the debut of Mariel Roberts' Duo (2020) for cello and violin, and a new work developed collaboratively by Wet Ink, Performance Practice (2020).

Wet Ink Ensemble Presents COLLABORATIONS: HUDDERSFIELD COMPOSERS With Vocalist Charmaine Lee
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2019

On Friday, December 13, 2019 at 8:00 P.M. at St. Peters Church, Chelsea, the 'sublimely exploratorya?? (The Chicago Reader) Wet Ink Ensemble presents a concert of collaborations from the 2019 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, featuring the US premieres of sextets written for Wet Ink by UK-based composers Kristina Wolfe, Bryn Harrison, and Pierre Alexandre Tremblay; NYC-based voice phenom Charmaine Lee; and Wet Ink's Eric Wubbels. Wet Ink debuted these works at hcmf// in November 2019 and recorded them for release on Huddersfield's HCR label. The program features the US premieres of Charmaine Lee's Smoke, Airs (2017 rev. 2019); Bryn Harrison's Dead Time (2019); Pierre Alexandre Tremblay's (un)weave (2019), Kristina Wolfe's A Mere Echo of Aristoxenus (2019), and Eric Wubbels's modules/relationships (2019); all written for Wet Ink. 

Wet Ink Ensemble Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Musical Bash At Roulette Intermedium
by Stephi Wild - Mar 5, 2019

On Monday, April 1st, 2019 at 8:00pm, the 'sublimely exploratory" (The Chicago Reader) Wet Ink Ensemble, named The New York Times's "Best Ensemble of 2018," celebrates 20 years of adventurous music-making in a concert at Roulette Intermedium.