

We try to be festive with the decor

Lamnth performing at the first Spooktacular

Gabby Diaz helping with overall merriment

We try to be festive with the decor
While the members of Lamnth thrive on working with composers on new works, we also enjoy music written before 2022. The Jack-o-Lamnthern Spooktacular was born out of our desire to play older music, and to celebrate Halloween, the favorite holiday of at least one member of Lamnth. Each year, we invite four composers and instrumentalists to "dress up" as other composers by arranging existing music for violin and cimbalom. Costumes are required for all attendees, with awards given to the most creative. The third Spooktacular in 2026 will feature new arrangements by Robert Dillon, Marti Epstein, Sid Richardson, and Michelle Ross.
2024 Program
György Ligeti / Ash Graham
Musica Ricercata
Curtis Hughes
driftwood crunch pariah (after Ruth Crawford Seeger's Diaphonic Suite No.2)
Domenico Scarlatti / Mischa Salkind-Pearl
Essercizi: K.435
Andrew Gold / Gabby Diaz
Spooky Scary Skeletons
2025 Program
Franz Schubert / Hannah Barnes
Erlkönig
Modest Mussorgsky / The Cure / Rane Moore
Pictures of You at an Exhibition
Anonymous / John McDonald
Phantasmals
J.S. Bach / Various / Sam Kelder
coil/foil