News Fall 2025
October 11th
Wet Ink plays
Chimeric Form (horn trio)
Tenri (NYC)
+ Madison Greenstone solo
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November 11th
Second Nature + contraposition
@ KM28
Second Nature [2024- ]
Erin Lesser, flutes; Ian Antonio, percussion; Eric Wubbels, keyboards
contraposition [2016]
Weston Olencki, trombone
Eric Wubbels, prepared piano
KM28
Berlin
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Composer in Residence at Avanti Summer Sounds Festival
June 25-28, 2026
Finland
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new piece for Trio Accanto
upcoming performances at
TRANSIT (BE), Rainy Days (LUX), Gare du Nord (CH), Ultraschall (DE)
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about
Eric Wubbels (b.1980) is a composer
and performer. Since 2004 he has been pianist and
Co-Director of the
Wet Ink Ensemble (NYC).
A recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation Composer Prize, Wubbels has been awarded grants and
fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Koussevitzky Foundation/Library of Congress, and
Chamber Music America, among others, and his music has been presented by LA Phil Green Umbrella series, Huddersfield Festival,
ISSUE Project Room, Cafe OTO, Roulette, Bowerbird, LAMPO, ECLAT Festival, TRANSIT, Rainy Days, TIME:SPANS, Archipel,
Ostrava Days, EAR WE ARE, Zurich Tage für Neue Musik, and Ultraschall.
Current ongoing projects include Second Nature (flute, percussion, keyboards trio with Erin Lesser and Ian Antonio of Wet Ink),
interbeing (with TAK Ensemble), and duo with vocalist Charmaine Lee.
As a performer, he has given U.S. and world premieres of works by major figures such as Peter Ablinger,
Richard Barrett, Beat Furrer, George Lewis, and mathias spahlinger, as well as vital young artists such as
Rick Burkhardt, Erin Gee, Bryn Harrison, Clara Iannotta, Darius Jones, Catherine Lamb, Ingrid Laubrock,
Charmaine Lee, Alex Mincek, Sam Pluta, Kate Soper, Anna Webber, and Katherine Young.
He has recorded for hatART, Carrier Records, Out of Your Head, Intakt, New Focus, and quiet design,
among others, has held teaching positions at Amherst College, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Peabody Institute.
Wet Ink Ensemble (NYC).
A recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation Composer Prize, Wubbels has been awarded grants and
fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Koussevitzky Foundation/Library of Congress, and
Chamber Music America, among others, and his music has been presented by LA Phil Green Umbrella series, Huddersfield Festival,
ISSUE Project Room, Cafe OTO, Roulette, Bowerbird, LAMPO, ECLAT Festival, TRANSIT, Rainy Days, TIME:SPANS, Archipel,
Ostrava Days, EAR WE ARE, Zurich Tage für Neue Musik, and Ultraschall.
Current ongoing projects include Second Nature (flute, percussion, keyboards trio with Erin Lesser and Ian Antonio of Wet Ink),
interbeing (with TAK Ensemble), and duo with vocalist Charmaine Lee.
As a performer, he has given U.S. and world premieres of works by major figures such as Peter Ablinger,
Richard Barrett, Beat Furrer, George Lewis, and mathias spahlinger, as well as vital young artists such as
Rick Burkhardt, Erin Gee, Bryn Harrison, Clara Iannotta, Darius Jones, Catherine Lamb, Ingrid Laubrock,
Charmaine Lee, Alex Mincek, Sam Pluta, Kate Soper, Anna Webber, and Katherine Young.
He has recorded for hatART, Carrier Records, Out of Your Head, Intakt, New Focus, and quiet design,
among others, has held teaching positions at Amherst College, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Peabody Institute.