New York City-based new music collective Wet Ink Ensemble announces its 27th season with the return of its annual Mini-Festival featuring performances and new works by the Ensemble’s Artists-in-Residence Aurora Nealand and Ben LaMar Gay. Wet Ink performs Eric Wubbels’s Chimeric Form and the world premiere of a new work for big band by Sam Pluta. The season also features collaborations with clarinetist Madison Greenstone and saxophonist Anna Webber.
Wet Ink kicks off the new season with a performance of Eric Wubbels’s Chimeric Form on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. at the Tenri Cultural Institute (43A W 13th St, New York, NY 10011). Following Brahms’s and Ligeti’s path-breaking entries in the rarely attempted genre of the horn trio, Chimeric Form treats the bizarre and acoustically ungainly combination of violin, French horn, and piano as a hybrid meta-instrument navigating a chaotic, polyglot, spliced-up, and semi-self-aware formal structure. The work, performed with Eric Wubbels on piano, is preceded by clarinetist and improviser Madison Greenstone (of TAK Ensemble), who performs new solo material as a follow-up to their acclaimed 2023 release, Resonance Studies in Ecstatic Consciousness.
In December, Wet Ink presents its third annual Mini-Festival on Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. at Benzaquen Hall in the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. Featuring works and performances by Wet Ink’s Artists-In-Residence Aurora Nealand (saxophone/voice) and Ben LaMar Gay (cornet), the festival includes the NYC premieres of Alex Mincek’s Assemblage – Trace/Mobile and Ensemble member Mariel Roberts Musa’s Jalan Mentari, as well as Peter Ablinger’s Black Series.
In the new year, Wet Ink performs the world premiere of a new work for big band by Sam Pluta on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. at Cary Hall at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. Featuring Wet Ink Ensemble and an all-star cast of soloists, with materials ranging from orchestrated instrumental soundscapes to aggressive AI-driven noise walls, this new work merges Pluta’s practices of composition, improvisation, and electronics, focusing on the many talents of his co-conspirators to create an hour-long immersive musical experience. The program opens with tenor saxophonist and composer Anna Webber, who will play an opening set.
Performance Details
Wubbels Chimeric Form / Madison Greenstone
Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.
Tenri Cultural Institute | 43A W 13th St | New York, NY 10011
Tickets: $20 suggested/pay what you can [reserve online or purchase at the door]
Link: https://www.wetink.org/
Program:
Madison Greenstone – Solo Clarinet (2025)
Eric Wubbels: Chimeric Form (2023)
I. 77 mögliche Hauptmotive
II. TORS-
III. little tail
Artists:
Madison Greenstone, clarinet
Josh Modney, violin
Laura Weiner, horn
Eric Wubbels, piano
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Wet Ink Mini-Festival 2025
Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Benzaquen Hall, DiMenna Center for Classical Music | 450 W 37th St | New York, NY 10018
Tickets: $20 suggested/pay what you can [reserve online or purchase at the door]
Link: https://www.wetink.org/
Program:
Set 1 (6:00 p.m.)
Aurora Nealand Solo
Peter Ablinger – Black Series
Additional works TBA
Set 2 (8:00 p.m.)
Ben LaMar Gay – Feet Lift Dust (World Premiere, 2025)
Alex Mincek – Assemblage – Trace/Mobile (NYC Premiere, 2025)
Mariel Roberts Musa – Jalan Mentari (NYC Premiere, 2025)
Artists:
Aurora Nealand, saxophone/voice
Ben LaMar Gay, cornet
Erin Lesser, flute
Alex Mincek, saxophone
Ian Antonio, percussion
Eric Wubbels, piano
Josh Modney, violin
Mariel Roberts Musa, cello
Sam Pluta, electronics
Additional Guest Artists TBA
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Sam Pluta Big Band
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 8:00 p.m.
Cary Hall, DiMenna Center for Classical Music | 450 W 37th St | New York, NY 10018
Tickets: $20 suggested/pay what you can [reserve online or purchase at the door]
Link: https://www.wetink.org/
Program:
Anna Webber – Solo Saxophone (2026)
Sam Pluta – New Work for Big Band (World Premiere, 2026)
Artists:
Anna Webber, saxophone
Sam Pluta Big Band:
Erin Lesser, flutes
Peter Evans, trumpet
Ben Lamar Gay, cornet and vocals
Bonnie Lander, vocals
Alex Mincek, tenor sax
Ingrid Laubrock, tenor sax
John Dierker, tenor sax and bass clarinet
Eric Wubbels, piano
Ian Antonio, percussion
Josh Modney, violin
Mariel Roberts Musa, cello
Sam Pluta, electronics and compositions
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