If you create a program consisting of two string octets, you never know what the long-term implications might be. The combination of four violins, two violas, and two cellos it seems can have quite an impact. I was recently going over some correspondence that included a few condolence messages referring… [Read More]

Midsummer’s Music, Wisconsin’s oldest summer chamber music series, continues its 2024 concert season with a program highlighting two piano quintets by Antonín Dvořák and Johannes Brahms. The program’s four performances run June 22 through June 30 and feature pianist Jeannie Yu, who enjoys an active career as a soloist, chamber… [Read More]

“The sap is rising!” Few people remember that quote or its disastrous results. Adlai Stevenson III was running for Governor of Illinois a long time ago. He made that statement shortly after he announced his candidacy comparing his elation at running with early spring when the sugar maples come to… [Read More]

Midsummer’s Music excels in pairing celebrated composers with diverse, lesser-known composers, and its upcoming program – “David Perry Leads Mendelssohn Octet—and more!” – is no exception. The program’s four performances run June 19 through June 27 and feature violinist David Perry, who enjoys an international career as a chamber musician,… [Read More]

Midsummer’s Music hosts “Coffee Talk” lectures on music topics by its ensemble members, staff, and friends during the summer season and occasionally throughout the year. The free lectures often relate to Midsummer’s Music concert themes, music pieces, and composers, and to Griffon String Quartet activities. Music as therapy is central… [Read More]