DELHI — Bushel is pleased to host a film screening of the 1922 silent classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens; F.W. Murnaul dir.), with live music performed by a 5-member ensemble led by composer and pianist Mihoko Suzuki. Two performances will take place at Bushel, on Saturday, November 1, at 2 pm and 8 pm. Bushel is located at 106 Main Street, Delhi. Advance reserved seats are available for purchase on Bushel’s website: $20 for adults; $5 for youth under 18.
This is the third installment of Ciné Sonica, a series of live film concerts designed and scored by Mihoko Suzuki. For Nosferatu, Suzuki will be on keyboards, accompanied by Evan Jagels (double bass), Michael Suchorsky (drums), Ana Laura Gonzalez (flute), and Timothy Cramer (digitally enhanced voice). Suzuki explains, “Ciné Sonica’s approach to this classic of German Expressionist cinema is to blend tones, textures, ambiances, and timbral effects to create a spectral sonic accompaniment to Murnau’s retelling of Dracula.”
Doors open a half hour before the performances. Refreshments will be available. Advance reservations are highly recommended; tickets go fast for these unique, scored performances. Any remaining seats and standing room available at the door with cash or Venmo. Ciné Sonica’s live film concerts of Nosferatu, including discounted youth ticket rate, are funded in part by a Delaware County Arts Grant, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Roxbury Arts Group.
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 has lived 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.
BUSHEL is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit, volunteer-led, mixed-use space dedicated to art, agriculture, ecology, and action. It is located at 106 Main Street in Delhi. For more information, go to www.bushelcollective.org.
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