Lush was written in the Winter of 2016 for Wet Ink Ensemble. This piece was conceived as a hybrid between concert music and orchestral film music. As a composer of concert music, the attempt to draw out new ideas from mainstream film music may seem unusual, however, as I began exploring the possibilities provided by commercial sound libraries, sampler instruments, and synths, I was drawn to the idea of retuning these electronic instruments to create an electroacoustic part that fills out and expands the chamber ensemble into a bigger, richer sound.

The majority, if not entirety, of new film scores are produced using samples along with the occasional sprinkling in of a few live performers to heighten a sense of realism. By creating music in this way, the ideal realization of this score may be as a recording, where the precise level between live and sampler instruments can be completely controlled.

A second impetus for using an electronic part made from sampler instruments is to facilitate the performance of precise microtones through pitch matching. This method has allowed me include unusual harmonies and chord changes since the pitches of the live instrumental parts are almost always doubled in the electronics.

Recorded live on April 29th, 2016, at St Peters Church, New York,  by Wet Ink Ensemble with Alex Mincek, conductor. David Adamcyk, recording engineer. Mixed and mastered by Taylor Brook.

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Lush - for 11 players and electronics (Wet Ink Ensemble)

New York-based new music collective, founded 1998.

*Live Archive Page*

This page collects live recordings from recent concert performances by the Wet Ink Ensemble and Large Ensemble.

Wet Ink Ensemble is
Ian Antonio, percussion 
Erin Lesser, flute
Alex Mincek, sax/composition
Josh Modney, violin
Sam Pluta, elec./composition
Kate Soper, voice/composition
Eric Wubbels, piano/composition

Wet Ink Large Ensemble builds on this group with a flexible roster of over twenty NYC-based soloists dedicated to ambitious, large-scale projects. 






composer, drummer, technologist, assistant professor of music at Wheaton College

Lush - for 11 players and electronics (Wet Ink Ensemble)

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