Two performances: 2pm and 8pm
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$20 ($5 youth under 18)
Ciné Sonica is a series of live film concerts curated by composer Mihoko Suzuki, and performed by Suzuki along with a rotating ensemble of musicians. In previous installments, the musicians performed to Eraserhead and Battleship Potemkin.
For the third installment—the Halloween edition—Suzuki and her musicians will play to a silent classic of German Expressionist cinema, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens, F.W. Murnau, 1922). Ciné Sonica’s approach to Nosferatu blends tones, textures, ambiences and timbral effects, resulting in a spectral sonic accompaniment to Murnau’s retelling of Dracula. Tickets go fast for these unique, scored performances, so we recommend buying your tickets in advance.
About the Film
Casting a long and terrifying shadow over the genre, German silent film master F. W. Murnau’s uncredited appropriation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula set the standard for all vampire flicks to come. Max Schreck’s monstrous Count Orlok is singularly frightening, repulsive and beastly, where Bela Lugosi was courtly and Christopher Lee seductive. DIR F. W. Murnau; SCR Henrik Galeen, from the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker; PROD Enrico Dieckmann, Albin Grau. Germany, 1922, b&w/hand-tinted color, 94 min. (American Film Institute)
Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for youth under 18. It is recommended to reserve in advance, as these tend to sell out. Payment options: Purchase your tickets for either performance with the TICKETS link above, or pay at the door.
Doors open a half hour before the the time listed. Refreshments will be available.
The Musicians
Mihoko Suzuki on Keyboards
Evan Jagels on Double Bass
Michael Suchorsky on Drums
Ana Laura Gonzalez on Flute
with Timothy Cramer on Digitally enhanced voice
About the Musicians
Mihoko Suzuki is a composer and pianist who explores a diverse range of multidisciplinary works including music-theater, dance, film, and performance installation. Her projects include And the Hummingbird Says…, a song cycle based on the life and philosophy of Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai; Desert Widow, a performance art video that won an Accolade Award for Experimental Film; and Ode to Number 14, a piano four-hands featured in the 30th-anniversary celebration of the NYFA Artist Fellowship Program. Suzuki is the creative force behind Ciné Sonica, launched last fall, and also the co-founder of the electroacoustic duo @61—a regular feature at the experimental music and art festival Woodstockhausen. Suzuki’s work has been supported by the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, LMCC Creative Engagement Grants, and New Music USA Project Grant. A native of Japan, she holds a BM in composition from the Manhattan School of Music.
Evan Jagels is an exciting, versatile bassist and accomplished improvisor. He is cofounder and bassist of Duo Extempore, whose curated improvisations draw from classical and jazz virtuosity, weaving together storytelling, history, art, and architecture. Together with NYC-based pianist Nicole Brancato, Duo Extempore explores every shape of improvised music through film production, live scoring, technology, and Performance. Jagels is also co-founder and bassist of Killdeer Trio and bassist for the reformation of the influential rock band Dazzling Killmen. He is an in-demand freelance jazz musician, having shared the stage with many jazz luminaries both in the US and Europe. He has a MA in music performance from Queens College, serves as Lecturer of Music at Hartwick College, and is a voting member of the Recording Academy.
As a drummer/percussionist, Michael Suchorsky has spent decades performing and recording around the world in a wide variety of musical genres; from middle eastern jazz, to micro-tonal, to punk rock. He has appeared at venues that stretch from CBGBS (NYC) to the Berlin, Montreaux, Zurich, Copenhagen, and Bologna Jazz Festivals, Mores New Music Festival, the Fête de l’Humanité (Paris) to Lincoln Center, as well as composing music throughout the years. His long-standing associations touring and recording worldwide with artists such as Lou Reed, Soldier String Quartet, jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, French rock legend Jacques Higelin have included appearing with acclaimed figures such as Motown artist Don Covay, country rock artist Peter Rowan as well as performing an opera with Michael Sahl and recording with Bernard Sazner, Nelson Slater, and many more.
Argentinian flutist Ana Laura González lives in upstate New York since 2011 where she teaches and performs music full time. She is a chamber music lover and an enthusiast of Latin American academic music with flutes, a co-founder of the Windstruck Duo with percussionist Julie Licata, and a usual suspect along with pianist Fideliz Sta. Brigida. González often presents at regional, national, and international conferences on topics of flute, music theory, and music in general studies. She recently performed at the National Flute Association 2025 Conference in Atlanta and will participate in the International Duo Symposium in Costa Rica in March 2026. González serves as associate professor of Music at Hartwick College and adjunct instructor and lecturer at SUNY Oneonta. She holds a DMA from the University of Arizona, an MM from Ohio University, and a BM from the National University of the Arts in Argentina.
After receiving a degree in architecture from Pratt Institute, Timothy Cramer combined his lifelong interests in sound and visuals with the architectural, industrial design, and museum fields, where he has designed interactive music and educational exhibits. His current work utilizes digital processing systems, combined with a wide array of unorthodox techniques that he has developed for both audio and video presentations. With his experience in both the spatial and aural worlds, Cramer gravitated naturally toward his present function as sound/media designer for museum exhibitions, theatre, and films. Working out of his state-of-the-art ProTools HD 5.1 post-production studio, he has been experimenting lately with multi-channel extended vocal techniques that he titles musique d’ameublement (furniture music). Timothy is also one half of the duo @61 with partner Mihoko Suzuki as they perform their ultra-paradoxical sonic explorations for specialized audiences.
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This project is made possible with funds from the Delaware County Arts Grants, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered in Delaware County by the Roxbury Arts Group.