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SUMMARY:Wet Ink Ensemble presents "Second Nature" by Eric 
 Wubbels
CONTACT;ALTREP="mailto:claire.schmidt@lawrence.edu":
 Claire Schmidt\, 920-832-6612\, claire.schmidt@lawrence.edu
ORGANIZER;CN="Con - Guest - New Music":
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DESCRIPTION:
 written for and performed by the Wet Ink Ensemble\n
 Erin Lesser, flutes\n
 Ian Antonio, percussion\n
 Eric Wubbels, keyboards\n
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 Second Nature is a new concert-length music and 
 video work from composer/performer and Wet Ink 
 Ensemble Co-Director Eric Wubbels, an artist who 
 aEURoebrings meticulous poise to his experimentalism,aEUR? 
 and whose music, aEURoewith references to many 
 traditions, sounds like nothing by any other composeraEUR? (The 
 New York Times).\n
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 Written for and developed in long-term collaboration 
 with Wet Ink Ensemble members Erin Lesser and 
 Ian Antonio, Second Nature is an extended meditation 
 on cycles of growth, decay, and regeneration, 
 drawing on ancient, contemporary, and futurist 
 perspectives, instruments, and technologies.\n
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 Taking as its genre-ancestor Morton FeldmanaEUR(TM)s 
 late trios for flute, piano, percussion, the piece 
 then pivots in a radically different direction, 
 finding meaning and complexity in the particularly 
 loaded contemporary intersection of nature, culture, 
 and technology.\n
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 Over the course of more than 70 minutes, Second 
 Nature brings together musical scenarios of the 
 most extreme variety and diversity into a stunningly 
 original synthesis. Movements for traditional 
 instrumental combinations (flute, vibraphone, 
 piano) segue directly into music for computer-controlled 
 cymbals and 3-D printed ultrasonic flute, and 
 passages for analog synthesizer and inside-piano 
 technique are accompanied by homemade (and in 
 one case, home-grown) wind and percussion instruments 
 made from plant, rock, and animal bone materials. 
 Video interludes of the trio performing outdoors 
 at specifically chosen geographical and seasonal 
 locations extend the conceptual and symbolic reach 
 of the piece beyond the concert hall and back 
 into the natural world itself.\n\n
 Price: Free\n

LOCATION:Harper Hall
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