The Midsummer’s Music resident string quartet performs Beethoven, Villa-Lobos, and holiday favorites in Green Bay and Door County. Sister Bay, Wis. (December 6, 2022) – The Griffon String Quartet, hailed for “superb playing, palpable chemistry, spirit, and emotional connection,” will perform two pay-what-you-can holiday concerts and a special Music for Food benefit concert in Green Bay […]
All-Bach Concerts Feature Griffon String Quartet Violinist Roy Meyer
Sister Bay, Wis. (December 2, 2022) – Griffon String Quartet founding member Roy Meyer will be the featured solo violinist at two all-Bach concerts in Door County on Sunday, December 11. Roy began violin studies at four years old with Kyoko Fuller at the American Suzuki Talent Education Center (ASTEC) in Stevens Point, WI. He went […]
Griffon String Quartet Children’s Concerts Great Success
Sister Bay, Wis. (November 21, 2022) – The Griffon String Quartet’s recent Children’s Concerts, based on the picture book, Because, by New York Times best-selling author Mo Willems, were massively successful in bringing classical music to youth in Door County and Green Bay. The book tells the story of how the works of Beethoven and Schubert deeply influenced the […]
Griffon String Quartet Visits Door County Elementary School
Sister Bay, Wis. (October 31, 2022) – In support of its mission to enhance student learning and academic achievement through increased exposure to – and participation in – music, the Griffon String Quartet, hailed for “superb playing, palpable chemistry, spirit, and emotional connection,” recently visited Sunrise Elementary School in Sturgeon Bay to play for students and […]
Children’s Concerts Feature Griffon Violinist
Sister Bay, Wis. (October 28, 2022) – Griffon String Quartet Violinist Roy Meyer will be featured in two Children’s Concerts in northeast Wisconsin on November 12. The concerts are based on the picture book Because by Mo Willems, which explores ideas behind what inspires kids to learn music and audiences to attend concerts. Mo Willems, a number-one New York […]
Midsummer’s Music Presents the Incomparable Pro Arte Quartet at Egg Harbor’s Kress Pavilion
Wisconsin’s famed string quartet to play works by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Mozart Sister Bay, Wis. (September 13, 2022) – Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “One of the greatest quartets of our time,” the Pro Arte Quartet will perform Sunday, September 18, at the Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor in a concert presented by Midsummer’s Music Ltd. […]
Midsummer’s Music Celebrates 32nd Season, Franck’s 200th Birthday
The final 2022 summer season program features French composers Louise Farrenc and Edouard Destenay, along with Belgian composer César Franck, concluding with a Labor Day fundraising gala. Sister Bay, Wis. (August 30, 2022) – Midsummer’s Music’s 2022 summer concert series concludes with a celebration of César Franck’s 200th birthday and a Labor Day Gala dedicated to supporting […]
Compelling Quintet Stories
By Jim Berkenstock, Midsummer’s Music Artistic Director From the very beginning, Midsummer’s Music has made a point of presenting programs featuring pieces with varied instrumentation. We have done this for the sake of variety and interest. We sometimes say that the sounds on our programs are something like the Door County weather—constantly changing. It’s a […]
Midsummer’s Music Performs English, German Quintets
Sister Bay, Wis. (August 22, 2022) – Midsummer’s Music continues its ambitious 2022 summer concert series with a program entitled “Quintet Elegance,” featuring works by Dame Ethel Smyth and Franz Schubert, starting with an exclusive Salon Concert sponsored by Nicolet National Bank at the Courtney/Reschka residence in Sister Bay on the evening of August 27. Musicians […]
Midsummer’s Music Musicians Housing Needed
Sister Bay, Wis. (August 19, 2022) – Right now, two Midsummer’s Music musicians need housing. Others will need housing at times during the next three programs – ending on Labor Day – from generous, gracious hosts who will welcome them into their homes. Hosts receive complimentary tickets to a regular performance as a thank you. Additional […]
