Award-winning pianist William Koehler begins his first term as a board member.
Midsummer’s Music draws on the wisdom, experience, and guidance from individuals who comprise the board of directors. Board members typically exhibit a special, continued dedication to Midsummer’s Music through their support for the organization, musicians, and staff. Midsummer’s Music welcomes William Koehler, who recently began his initial three-year term.
Long-time Midsummer’s Music followers will recognize Koehler, who was the organization’s original pianist 34 years ago. Koehler performed with Midsummer’s for 28 years until his retirement in 2018. A native of Houston, TX, he is Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University, where he taught piano from 1985 to 2014. He studied with Moreland Roller, Adele Marcus, and William Race, and his awards include first prizes in the 1984 San Antonio International Keyboard Competition and the 1989 New Orleans International Piano Competition. Koehler received his D.M.A. degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986.
Koehler expressed his excitement about joining the Midsummer’s Music board: “It’s a privilege to join the board of Midsummer’s Music, to learn more about its scope and vision, and to share in its efforts to maintain the organization’s high level of artistic accomplishment and community outreach.”
Midsummer’s Music thanks Nancy Borghesi, whose board term recently expired, for her years of service, including important contributions as treasurer.
Midsummer’s Music celebrates 34 years of bringing chamber music to Door County in 2024. The summer season of concerts begins June 13 and runs through September 2. Additional concerts continue into September, and the second annual Autumn Music Fest runs in October. Visit www.midsummersmusic.com as schedule details are updated.
Midsummer’s Music was co-founded in 1990 by Jim and Jean Berkenstock, long-time Door County summer residents and principal orchestral players with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. What began as two concerts among friends has become one of the Midwest’s most anticipated chamber music series, bringing thousands of chamber music enthusiasts from around the globe to the magical Door County Peninsula.
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Name: Gather with the Griffon
Description: The miniconcerts are designed for midday audiences. B Double Sharp programs engage the mind and spirit through music and conversation. Programs are funded in part by grants from Bader Philanthropies, the Door County Community Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Wisconsin Arts Board. Programs in Green Bay are funded in part by grants from the Green Bay Packers Foundation and the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation.
Dates: March 7, 2024, April 11, 2024, May 9, 2024
Time/Location: 12:00pm, First Presbyterian Church, 200 S Ashland Ave., Green Bay, WI 54303
Name: Seven Last Words of Christ
Description: The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross (German: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze) is an orchestral work by Franz Joseph Haydn, commissioned in 1786 for the Good Friday service at Oratorio de la Santa Cueva (Holy Cave Oratory) in Cádiz, Spain.
Midsummer’s Music presents the Pro Arte Quartet along with community speakers at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church in Ellison Bay and First Presbyterian Church in Green Bay for this moving piece.
David Perry and Suzanne Beia, violins
Sally Chisholm, viola
Parry Karp, cello
Date 1: March 8, 2024
Time/Location: 5:00pm, Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church, 11836 WI-42, Ellison Bay, WI 54210
Date 2: March 9, 2024
Time/Location: 3:00pm, First Presbyterian Church, 200 S Ashland Ave., Green Bay, WI 54303
Name: Griffon String Quartet Outreach
Description: The Griffon String Quartet presents a special performance at the Aging & Disability Resource Center in Sturgeon Bay.
Date: March 13, 2024
Time/Location: 1:00pm, 916 N 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Name: Griffon String Quartet Outreach
Description: The Griffon String Quartet presents a special performance at the Green Bay Botanical Gardens for the Brain Center of Green Bay.
Date: March 13, 2024
Time/Location: 5:00pm, 2600 Larsen Rd., Green Bay, WI 54303
Name: Griffon String Quartet Spring Concert
Description: The Griffon String Quartet plays music by Amy Beach, Nikolai Kapustin, and Alexander Von Zemlinsky.
Date 1: March 15, 2024
Time/Location: 5:00pm, Hope United Church of Christ, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Date 2: March 16, 2024
Time/Location: 3:00pm, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1313 Main St., Green Bay, WI 54302
Date 3: March 17, 2024
Time/Location: 3:00pm, Donald & Carol Kress Pavilion, Egg Harbor, WI 54209
Name: Musical Museum
Description: Featuring the Griffon String Quartet and violist/music practitioner Clara Takarabe of Northwestern University’s Music & Medicine Program.
Musical Museum is an innovative social-clinical program specifically for individuals with mild to moderate neurocognitive disorders (dementias). Neurocognitive disorders are caused by a variety of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson and Lewy body disease, stroke, frontotemporal degeneration, and head trauma, among others.
This program aims to establish a safe social space for individuals with neurocognitive disorders and their families to foster social engagement and to experience pleasure and intellectual stimulation.
Date 1: March 21, 2024
Time/Location: TBD, Third Avenue Playworks, 239 N 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Date 2: March 22, 2024
Time/Location: TBD, TBD
Name: Griffon String Quartet Outreach
Description: The Griffon String Quartet performs for clients and staff at Pinecrest Assisted Living.
Date: April 12, 2024
Time/Location: 11:00am, Pinecrest Assisted Living, 1241 N 18th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Name: Griffon String Quartet Outreach
Description: The Griffon String Quartet presents a special performance at the Green Bay Botanical Gardens for the Brain Center of Green Bay.
Date 1 : April 15, 2024
Time/Location: 10:30am, 2600 Larsen Rd., Green Bay, WI 54303
Date 2 : April 16, 2024
Time/Location: 10:30am, 2600 Larsen Rd., Green Bay, WI 54303
Name: Griffon String Quartet Students Recital
Description: Students of the Griffon String Quartet perform their annual recital concert.
Date: May 12, 2024
Time/Location: 3:00pm, Hope United Church of Christ, 141 S 12th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Griffon String Quartet Season Finale Concert
Date 1: May 24, 2024
Time/Location: TBD, TBD
Date 2: May 25, 2024
Time/Location: TBD, TBD
Date 3: May 26, 2024
Time/Location: 3:00pm, Donald & Carol Kress Pavilion, Egg Harbor, WI 54209