Sister Bay, Wis. (January 17, 2022) – The Griffon String Quartet—hailed for “superb playing, palpable chemistry, spirit, and emotional connection”—visited the prestigious Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance in Nova Scotia to focus on its musicianship, provide youth outreach, and perform its international debut. During the summer of 2021, Griffon members Vinicius Sant’Ana (violin), Blakeley Menghini (viola), and […]
Griffon String Quartet Free Monthly Concerts
Sister Bay, Wis. (January 10, 2022) – Hailed for their “superb playing, palpable chemistry, spirit, and emotional connection,” Midsummer’s Music’s professional quartet in residence, the Griffon String Quartet, in partnership with First Presbyterian Church in Green Bay, presents free monthly mini concerts through May 2022. Intended for the senior members in the community, these sessions are […]
Show Your Support for Midsummer’s Music with their Matching Grant
Sister Bay, Wis. (December 29, 2021) – There is still time to help Midsummer’s Music through the generous matching grant of $50,000 they have been offered! Make you contribution with a check dated on or before December 31 or contribute online by that date and your gift will be doubled. If you have already donated and can […]
A Special Message from Jim Berkenstock of Midsummer’s Music
By Jim Berkenstock, Midsummer’s Music, Board President and Artistic Director “Something extremely unusual is happening on the music scene in our area.” These are the words of Warren Gerds, Critic at Large for the Green Bay PressGazette, writing recently of the Griffon String Quartet. “Four musicians are making history as concert artists who teach,” he […]
Griffon String Quartet’s Community Holiday Concerts
Egg Harbor, Wis. (December 4, 2021) – Midsummer’s Music presents the Griffon String Quartet in three pay-what-you-can holiday concerts in Door County and Brown County. Four, for Tango & Tango Ballet, Astor Piazzolla, String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp Minor, Shostakovich, plus a selection of holiday favorites. The dates and locations are: • December 17, 5:00pm • […]
Make a Lasting Impression on Giving Tuesday
By Peggy Lott, Secretary of the Board, Midsummer’s Music, Ltd. Haven’t we been through a difficult time? What a struggle, what grief, what darkness we have all endured. But one thing I am particularly grateful for is the effort that Midsummer’s Music has made, despite overwhelming odds, to lift our spirits. If you attended our […]
Griffon String Quartet Featured in Patchwork Narratives Event
The Midsummer’s Music resident string quartet partners with composers David Gerhard Utzinger and Jon Mueller. Sister Bay, Wis. (October 18, 2021) – Midsummer’s Music’s resident string quartet, the Griffon String Quartet, is partnering with composers David Gerhard Utzinger and Jon Mueller for a Patchwork Narratives of Sound event examining distinctly different music by Utzinger and Mueller, […]
Griffon String Quartet Announces Three Thrilling Mid-October Concerts
Sister Bay, Wis. (October 4, 2021) – 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-October community outreach concerts in Northeast Wisconsin. The pay-what-you-can programs will feature Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, and Ludwig […]
Griffon String Quartet Live at St. Norbert College Birder Hall
he Midsummer’s Music resident string quartet plays Dvořák, Haydn, and Jessie Montgomery. Sister Bay, Wis. (September 18, 2021) – Midsummer’s Music’s resident string quartet, the Griffon String Quartet, presents its first live concert of the ensemble’s September-to-May season on Saturday, September 25, in Birder Hall at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis. The pay-what-you-can program, […]
SiriusXM’s John Clare to Celebrate Midsummer’s Music’s 30 Magical Years
The Symphony Hall host and legendary classical music personality comes to Door County to salute Midsummer’s Music in three concerts. Sister Bay, Wis. (August 31, 2021) – The legendary John Nasukaluk Clare – of SiriusXM channel 76 Symphony Hall fame and general manager of Classic 107.3 in St. Louis – is coming to Door County as […]
