Griffon String Quartet Presents Two Free Community Concerts to Mark 2022-2023 Season

Concerts feature works by Franz Joseph Haydn, Michael Thomas Foumai, and Denys Lytvynenko Hailed for their “superb playing, palpable chemistry, spirit, and emotional connection,” Midsummer’s Music’s quartet in residence, the Griffon String Quartet, will perform two free community concerts featuring Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn along with contemporary composers Hawaiian… [Read More]

Griffon String Quartet Students Perform Season-End Recital Concert

Seventeen strings students demonstrate their remarkable achievements with Griffon strings lessons. Seventeen students who study with the Griffon String Quartet to learn to play violins, violas, and cellos will perform a family-friendly group student recital concert to demonstrate their remarkable achievements with strings lessons. The performers range in age from… [Read More]

Door County Musicians Partner to Fight Food Insecurity

Two concerts aim to combat hunger in Door County. Midsummer’s Music, Birch Creek Music Performance Center, Colin & Friends Concerts, Ephraim Moravian Church, and Cynthia Stiehl are collaborating with the United Way of Door County, Wis., to present two free concerts benefiting the Door County Food Pantry Coalition as part… [Read More]

Pro Arte Quartet Performs Haydn’s Seven Last Words

Midsummer’s Music and Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church present Franz Joseph Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ, featuring the legendary Pro Arte Quartet, along with respected Door County clergy and community leaders. Haydn’s masterpiece was commissioned in 1786 by Father Don José Sáenz de Santa María for the Good… [Read More]

Griffon String Quartet Plays Price, Marsalis, and Mendelssohn

This colorful concert combines music by two African American composers and a German master. Midsummer’s Music’s resident string quartet, the Griffon String Quartet, will perform two colorful March concerts featuring an intriguing combination of music by two contemporary composers of color alongside a piece by a German classical master. During… [Read More]