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]
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Midsummer’s Music has developed a solid reputation for giving concerts that create a very powerful impression among audience members. We have even taken to saying that these events are “Not just a concert, it’s an experience.” But I have puzzled over just what is at the heart of that special… [Read More]
Midsummer Music’s 34th Season Magic Starts June 13
Midsummer’s Music, Wisconsin’s oldest summer chamber music series, launches its 2024 concert season with a program celebrating works by composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, and Alice Verne-Berdt. The “Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Magic” program features Mendelssohn’s Sextet in D Major for piano, violin, two violas, cello, and bass, alongside Mozart’s… [Read More]
Midsummer’s Music Awarded Women’s Fund Grant Supporting Women Composers, Performers
Midsummer’s Music is pleased to announce that it was awarded a $5,500 grant from the Door County Community Foundation’s Women’s Fund in support of its dedication to spotlighting women composers and women performers. The grant was made possible from the following Door County Community Foundation funds: the Barbara and James… [Read More]
Griffon String Quartet Presents Three Free Community Concerts in Green Bay and Door County, Marking 2023/2024 Season End
Hailed for “superb playing, palpable chemistry, spirit, and emotional connection,” Midsummer Music’s quartet in residence, the Griffon String Quartet, will perform three free community concerts featuring contemporary Uruguayan composer Miguel Del Aguila, Polish female composer Grażyna Bacewicz, and the great Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. According to CD Hotlist, “Miguel del… [Read More]