Wet Ink Ensemble Mini-festival: Artists-In-Residence, Soper Romance of the Rose Release

RESERVE TICKETS

Please join us for two sets of adventurous music on December 14th, 2024 at Dixon Place! The concerts will feature the work of 2024-25 Artists-In-Residence (AIRs) Gelsey Bell, Carolyn Chen, and Ben LaMar Gay, plus works by Raven Chacon, Sam Pluta, and Kate Soper.

The first set, at 6:00 P.M., will feature two works by AIR Caroline Chen which highlight the breadth of her artistry, from chamber music to text and movement, and will celebrate the release of Kate Soper’s album The Romance of the Rose (New Focus Recordings) with performances of excerpts from the opera.

The second set, at 8:00 P.M., includes solo performances by AIRs Gelsey Bell (vocals) and Ben LaMar Gay (cornet), Raven Chacon’s shimmering chamber work Biyan I, and Sam Pluta’s Systems of Interaction I, which will feature the Wet Ink band performing alongside Bell and LaMar Gay.

Between sets and afterward the audience is invited to hang out with the performers at the Dixon Place Lounge.

PROGRAMS:

First Set (6:00 P.M.)

Kate Soper: Lady Reason Suite, for voice, piano, vocoder keyboard, and electronics

Carolyn Chen: Birria (2021), for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano

Kate Soper: Shame, for voice and electric guitar

Carolyn Chen: Introducing Object (2018), for speaker and object

Kate Soper: Rondeau, for soprano and violin

Second Set (8:00 P.M.)

Ben LaMar Gay: Solo (2024), for cornet

Raven Chacon: Biyan I (2011), for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion

Gelsey Bell: Solo, for voice and daxophone

Sam Pluta: Systems of Interaction I, for flute, saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, voice, and cornet

PERFORMERS:

2024-25 Artists-In-Residence:

Gelsey Bell

Carolyn Chen

Ben LaMar Gay

Guest Performers:

Bill Kalinkos, clarinet

Clare Monfredo, cello

James Moore, electric guitar

Wet Ink Ensemble:

Erin Lesser, flute

Alex Mincek, saxophone

Ian Antonio, percussion

Eric Wubbels, piano

Modney, violin

Kate Soper, voice

Sam Pluta, electronics