Sister Bay, Wis. (June 21, 2022) – The Griffon String Quartet, Midsummer’s Music’s engaging resident ensemble, headlines the third program of Midsummer’s 2022 exciting summer season with four dynamic concerts from June 24 through June 30. Chosen by Griffon members as personal favorites, the quartet will perform two cyclical pieces by Felix Mendelssohn and Dmitri Shostakovich. […]
English Connections and a Close Call
By Jim Berkenstock Our English Connections program, which starts with the first of four concerts this Thursday, is “connected” largely by one person—Charles Villiers Stanford. Stanford and Edward Elgar were the two greatest English composers at the turn of the 19th into the 20th century. However, Stanford was also a great teacher who thereby connected with a large group […]
Midsummer’s Music Performs 20th Century Composers with English Connections
This program includes an unpublished quintet from Charles Villiers Stanford. Sister Bay, Wis. (June 14, 2022) – Midsummer’s Music continues its exciting 2022 concert season with an inspiring program featuring 20th century English classical composers Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Ralph Vaughn Williams, and Charles Villiers Stanford, including a rarely heard, unpublished quintet. Over the past several years, Midsummer’s […]
Midsummer’s Music Launches 2022 Concert Season
40+ exciting, pulse-pounding, riveting concerts featuring world-class chamber musicians Sister Bay, Wis. (June 3, 2022) – Midsummer’s Music, Wisconsin’s oldest summer chamber music series, launches its 2022 concert season with a program celebrating the “unknown great” composers Friedrich Kiel and Joachim Raff. Few composers have been lifted to the pantheon of greatness solely on the basis […]
Griffon String Quartet Presents Spectacular Inaugural Gala
Sister Bay, Wis. (May 16, 2022) – On Sunday, May 29, at 3:00pm at the Donald & Carol Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor, the Griffon String Quartet presents its inaugural gala, a public fundraiser to support the quartet’s important, ongoing mission of being actively embedded in the northeast Wisconsin community and engaging every generation through music. […]
Griffon String Quartet to Perform Price, Dvořák
Concert features works by African American composer Florence Price and Czech composer Antonín Dvořák Sister Bay, Wis. (May 2, 2022) – Hailed for their “superb playing, palpable chemistry, spirit, and emotional connection,” Midsummer’s Music’s quartet in residence, the Griffon String Quartet, will perform a concert featuring African American composer Florence Price and Czech composer Antonín […]
Midsummer’s Music Celebrates 32 Years of Extraordinary Chamber Music in Door County
Sister Bay, Wis. (April 28, 2022) – Midsummer’s Music, Wisconsin’s oldest summer chamber music series, is celebrating its 32nd season of presenting exceptional chamber music in the vacation paradise of Door County, Wisconsin. Concerts hailed as “exciting, pulse-pounding and riveting” are given in a variety of cultural, historical and scenic locations, including art galleries, museums, […]
Music for Food Concert on May 14
Egg Harbor, Wis. (April 26, 2022) – The need to address hunger insecurity has never been as great and the statistics are shocking. 1 in 7 people nationwide is food insecure. That means every sixth person you see might be the one who unsure when they will eat next. Music for Food exists because of […]
Midsummer’s Music Welcomes New Board Members
Sister Bay, Wis. (March 28, 2022) – Midsummer’s Music draws on the wisdom and guidance from individuals who comprise the board of directors. Board members typically exhibit a special, continued dedication to Midsummer’s Music through their support for the organization, musicians and staff. Midsummer’s welcomes Karin Myers and Phillip G. Clampitt, PhD, who recently began three-year […]
Griffon String Quartet to Perform Mozart, Hindemith in March Community Concerts
The Midsummer’s Music resident string quartet plays three free spring concerts. Sister Bay, Wis. (March 7, 2022) – Hailed for their “superb playing, palpable chemistry, spirit, and emotional connection,” Midsummer’s Music’s quartet in residence, the Griffon String Quartet, announces three mid-March community outreach concerts in Northeast Wisconsin. The pay-what-you-can programs feature Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s String Quartet […]
