Sister Bay, Wis. (January 19, 2023) – Midsummer’s Music is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Challenge America award of $10,000. This grant will support the Griffon String Quartet’s B Double Sharp programming of music performance and instruction for persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia […]
Music for Food Concert Benefits Feed & Clothe My People
The Griffon String Quartet’s holiday concert raises money and food for local charity. Sister Bay, Wis. (January 18, 2023) – The Griffon String Quartet’s special Music for Food benefit holiday concert on December 16 attracted a generous audience to Hope United Church of Christ to support the mission of Feed & Clothe My People in Sturgeon […]
A Special End-of-Year Message for You from Jim Berkenstock
By Jim Berkenstock, Midsummer’s Music You probably know that we often refer to Midsummer’s Music in the shortened form of MM, which is also why we have the M&Ms at our concerts. But lately, I have been thinking, maybe MM should also stand for “Much More.” Recently, you received two emails: One from violist, Sally […]
Griffon String Quartet Launches Inaugural Winter Strings Retreat
Sister Bay, Wis. (December 9, 2022) – The Griffon String Quartet’s founding mission of providing music education to youth and underserved children in northeast Wisconsin is the pivotal catalyst for launching its long-awaited endeavor of hosting the inaugural Winter Retreat for students studying violin, viola, and cello. During the first week of 2023, the Griffon’s Winter […]
Griffon String Quartet Plays Free Community Holiday Concerts
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. […]
