Wet Ink Ensemble Mini-festival 2025

Tickets: $20 suggested one event / $40 suggested both events / pay what you can / free for students.

Please join us for Wet Ink's annual Mini-Festival at The DiMenna Center Benzaquen Hall on Saturday, December 13th. The concerts will feature the premiere of Lie #4: Emcee melodies / Maroon messaging systems by Artist-In-Residence Ben LaMar Gay plus a special solo performance by Artist-In-Residence Aurora Nealand. The programs will also include the NYC premieres of Eric Wubbels's ne owiht from Second Nature, and Mariel Roberts Musa's Jalan Mentari, as well as Peter Ablinger's hard-edged work Black Series.

Sets are at 6:00 and 8:00 P.M., and we invite you to join the artists for a social hour between performances in the lounge area outside Benzaquen Hall.

Programs:

Set 1 (6:00 p.m.)
Aurora Nealand: Solo (2025)
Eric Wubbels: ne owiht [2025], from Second Nature (NYC Premiere, 2025)

Set 2 (8:00 p.m.)
Ben LaMar Gay: Lie #4: Emcee melodies / Maroon messaging systems (World Premiere, 2025)
Mariel Roberts Musa: Jalan Mentari (NYC Premiere, 2025)
Peter Ablinger: Black Series (2010-12)

Artists:
Aurora Nealand, voice/saxophone
Ben LaMar Gay, cornet
Erin Lesser, flute
Alex Mincek, saxophone
Ian Antonio, percussion
Eric Wubbels, piano
Modney, violin
Mariel Roberts Musa, cello
Sam Pluta, electronics
Nicholas Houfek, lighting design