The Gesualdo Six, a men’s vocal consort from the United Kingdom, recently announced the results of their worldwide choral competition and the Midsummer’s Music 20-year-old Composer In Residence is a winner. Jacob Beranek hails from Oconomowoc, WI, and was named the “21 years and under” category winner. His composition, Abendgebet (Evening Prayer) will be premiered […]
Door County Is Introduced to The Griffon String Quartet
New Music Group Launched Through Efforts of Midsummer’s Music, Fine Arts Institute and St. Norbert College By Laurel Ciohon In a lively press conference followed by a reception at Door County Maritime Museum on January 16, 2019, the Door County community was officially introduced to The Griffon String Quartet, a full-time, resident quartet made up […]
Midsummer’s Music Awarded Green Bay Packers Foundation Grant
The Midsummer’s Music Resident String Quartet program was recently selected to receive a $5,000 community grant from the Green Bay Packers Foundation. This past September, Midsummer’s Music, the Fine Arts Institute at East High in Green Bay, and St. Norbert College in DePere launched a ground-breaking project to enhance student learning and academic achievement through […]
Midsummer’s Music Resident String Quartet Pop-Up Caroling
The Midsummer’s Music resident string quartet will hit the road on December 6-8 and 13-15 to perform short caroling concerts at businesses in Door County and Brown County. The caroling concerts will be held primarily at businesses that support Midsummer’s Music through advertising, collaborations, and donations. Employees and their clients and customers can expect to […]
Milwaukee Musaik Performs Midsummer’s Music World Premiere Encore
Jacob Beranek, Composer-in-Residence for Midsummer’s Music of Door County, will have his Partita Melodica performed by Milwaukee Musaik at 7:00 pm on Monday, November 5, at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Beranek’s work received its world premiere performance in August of this year by Midsummer’s Music as a part of its summer season. The work was commissioned […]
Midsummer’s Music Resident String Quartet to Perform Free Premiere Concert
Midsummer’s Music Ltd. In Door County, the Fine Arts Institute at East High in Green Bay, and St. Norbert College in De Pere, have launched a ground-breaking project to enhance student learning and academic achievement through increased exposure to—and participation in—music: a three-year program to embed a Resident String Quartet – a professional chamber music […]
Pro Arte Quartet to Perform at Egg Harbor’s Kress Pavilion
Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “One of the greatest quartets of our time,” the Pro Arte Quartet will perform Saturday, September 22 at the new Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor in a concert presented by Midsummer’s Music Ltd. This event marks the sixth concert Midsummer’s Music is hosting in the exceptional new space […]
Midsummer’s Music Concludes 2018 Season with Creative Aquifers Program
Midsummer’s Music 2018 summer season concludes with the Creative Aquifers program, featuring music by Samuel Barber, Paul Schoenfield, and Franz Schubert, and vocals by international mezzo-soprano star Susan Platts. The organization is pleased to be among the businesses that are promoting the Door County Community Foundation’s Celebrate Water initiative. This program is the fourth of […]
Midsummer’s Music Plays Czechs Smetena, Dvořák, and Beranek
After a brief break, Midsummer’s Music 2018 summer season resumes with A Czech Life program, featuring music by Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, and Midsummer’s own Composer-in-Residence, Jacob Beranek. Though few in number, Smetana’s chamber music compositions play an important role in his musical output. The piece Midsummer’s ensemble will play is a string quartet titled […]
Midsummer’s Music Cellist Walter Preucil Plays 500th Concert
Midsummer’s Music Cellist Walter Preucil celebrated his 500th concert with the organization on July 21 during the Bach at 333 program at the Old Gibraltar Town Hall in Fish Creek. In 1991, Walt joined the original Midsummer’s Music ensemble for the inaugural concerts that played at the homes of Diane and Peter Trenchard in Sister Bay […]
