Every year, as the snow blankets Door County, Artistic Director Jim Berkenstock, and I work on scheduling the artists, the settings and concert events in our Midsummer’s Music Festival. Jim Berkenstock, a true master at putting the programs together, quietly researches and listens to one composition after another. I start… [Read More]
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Rustic Door County Barns Featured During Midsummer’s Music Chamber Music Festival!
Midsummer’s Music wraps up their second program – Haunting Recollections – tonight at the Woodwalk Gallery in Egg Harbor. As I write this, Jim Berkenstock is addressing the audience. This beautiful gallery, in a converted barn, offers excellent acoustics. Tonight we have the gentle sound of falling rain… [Read More]
Door County’s Midsummer’s Music Festival Features Composition Written By Zachary Preucil
A Look Inside a Composer’s Brain: The Composition of “Fanfare for a Summer Evening” How does a composer write a piece? The question is simple, but its answer is complex. To a person who hasn’t dabbled in the noble art of composition, I could imagine the task seeming to… [Read More]
Historic Ephraim Moravian Church Hosts Midsummer’s Music Classical Concert in Door County!
Midsummer’s Music Festival returns to Door County’s historic Ephraim Moravian Church tonight, Sunday, June 12, as the second concert in their 2011 summer festival. “We love performing in Ephraim Moravian Church,” says Artistic Director, Jim Berkenstock. “Not only is it rich in history, but it has wonderful acoustics. Our… [Read More]
Enthusiasm Rises for Door County’s Midsummer’s Music Festival’s Musicians!
June 9th was the first full day of rehearsal for our Midsummer’s Music band of musicians here in Door County. We did some rehearsing earlier in the week in the Chicago area, but the first phalanx of our group is here and hard at work – six hours today… [Read More]