live recording, first performance
5/22/2014, St. Peter's Church-Chelsea, New York

Wet Ink Large Ensemble

Laura Cocks, flute
Karisa Antonio, oboe
Liam Kinson, clarinet
Christa van Alstine, clarinet/bass clarinet
Alex Mincek, tenor saxophone
Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon

Peter Evans, trumpet
Will Lang, trombone
Dan Peck, tuba

Ian Antonio, vibraphone, percussion
Russell Greenberg, percussion
Eric Wubbels, piano
Laura Barger, keyboard

Kate Soper, voice

Joshua Modney, violin
Olivia De Prato, violin
Victor Lowrie, viola
Mariel Roberts, cello
Andrew Roitstein, bass

Carl Bettendorf, conductor

recorded and engineered by Sam Pluta



Auditory Scene Analysis (Part I)

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. 






Carl Christian Bettendorf is a New York-based composer/conductor.  Born in Hamburg, Germany, he studied composition with Hans-Jürgen von Bose and Wolfgang Rihm in Munich and Karlsruhe before receiving his doctorate from Columbia University under Tristan Murail.
	His compositions have been played at many prestigious venues and festivals on four continents.  He has received numerous awards, among them a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris), the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center (Nebraska), MacDowell (N.H.), and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; and commissions from the Fromm Foundation, the Ralph Kaminsky Fund, as well as the Bavarian State Opera.
	As a conductor, Mr. Bettendorf has worked closely with ensembles in New York (Wet Ink, counter)induction, Ghost and Talea ensembles) and abroad (piano possibile in Munich, Ostravská banda in the Czech Republic) and was director of the Manhattanville College and Bates College orchestras.  He recently conducted opera productions at Bard College and the Opéra national de Montpellier (France) and has served as assistant conductor of the Columbia University and American Composers orchestras.  He has recorded for the Albany, ArtVoice, Carrier, Cybele, Hat Hut, Indexical, New Focus, and Tzadik labels.

Composer, pianist, Co-Director of Wet Ink Ensemble (NYC)