After gaining popularity in Green Bay, WI, over the past few years, the Griffon String Quartet’s monthly “Gather with the Griffon” miniconcert series comes to Door County, WI, starting April 24. Designed for midday audiences, the programs engage the mind and spirit through music and conversation.

The one-hour Gather with the Griffon miniconcerts start at 12:00pm, and the first Door County performance will be at Eagle Harbor Inn in Ephraim. The inn’s General Manager, Matthew Gurnsey, said, “Eagle Harbor Inn is thrilled to welcome the Griffon back as we partner with Midsummer’s Music to bring the first Gather with the Griffon miniconcert in Door County. We look forward to this, the first of many!”

The April 24 concert features selections from Brazilian composer Heitor Vila-Lobos’ String Quartet No. 1 and Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18. The musicians are Roy Meyer and Alex Norris, violins, Kayla Patrick, viola, and Jesse Nummelin, cello.

Programs are funded in part by grants from Bader Philanthropies, the Door County Community Foundation, the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, the Green Bay Packers Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Wisconsin Arts Board.

One of the most vibrant and engaging quartets of its generation, the Griffon String Quartet was formed in the fall of 2018 as a collaboration led by Midsummer’s Music. GSQ enriches the lives of children and adults throughout northeast Wisconsin through concerts, workshops, and music education outreach. The extraordinary musicians, who have performed with orchestras and ensembles around the globe, are equally dedicated to music education and inspiring the next generation of music lovers. Each member of the Griffon String Quartet has advanced degrees and significant professional experience, both as educators and performers, and they have been recognized for “their youthful vigor, which is absolutely infectious!”

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.

A high-resolution Griffon String Quartet photo can be downloaded here.
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