Sister Bay, Wis. – August 9, 2018 – Midsummer’s Music Composer-in-Residence, Jacob Beranek, recently attended the Talis Festival and Academy as a Composition Fellow in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. There, he joined 15 other young Composition or Instrumental Fellows from around the world for two weeks of intensive study and performance, including… [Read More]
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Midsummer’s Music Cellist Walter Preucil Plays 500th Concert
Sister Bay, Wis. –August 3, 2018 – 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… [Read More]
Midsummer’s Music Completes First Part of Season, Prepares for Labor Day Concert Series
Sister Bay, Wis. – July 26, 2018 – Midsummer’s Music concludes the first part of its 2018 summer season with the final concerts of the Renewable Energy program while preparing for the series of concerts that lead up to the finale on Labor Day. The Renewable Energy program features the… [Read More]
Iron Man Walt
Walt Preucil is an original – in more ways than one, but in this case, I’m speaking of his role in Midsummer’s Music. He is one of two of our musicians still playing with the group who has been with us since the beginning 28 years ago. (Pianist Bill Koehler… [Read More]
LIFE CHANGING – WHO’S NEXT?
Last week, Nick Freimuth from WBDK was at the Unitarian Fellowship in Ephraim before one of our concerts and interviewed a number of us involved with Midsummer’s Music. The segments were brief, so we each only got a few short questions in our individual on-air moments. When it was my… [Read More]