Griffon String Quartet Violinist Roy Meyer will be featured in two Children’s Concerts in northeast Wisconsin on November 12. The concerts are based on the picture book Because by Mo Willems, which explores ideas behind what inspires kids to learn music and audiences to attend concerts.
Mo Willems, a number-one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, composes a powerful symphony of chance, discovery, persistence, and magic in this moving tale of a young girl’s journey to center stage.
The concerts are at 11:00am at the Door County Library in Sturgeon Bay and 1:30pm at the Brown County Library’s Pine St. Branch in Green Bay. Admission is free.
With an especially passionate nature for orchestral repertoire, Roy has been Concertmaster of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra since 2015 and is a frequent substitute violinist with the Sarasota Orchestra, and Chicago Philharmonic. As a chamber musician, Roy enjoys maintaining musical relationships with friends and performing at the Apollo Music Festival in Houston, MN, and at the Illinois Chamber Music Festival in Bloomington, IL. Film credits include Amazon Prime’s Mozart in the Jungle.
One of the most vibrant and engaging quartets of their generation, the Griffon String Quartet was formed in the fall of 2018 as a collaboration between Midsummer’s Music and the Fine Arts Institute at East High in Green Bay. The GSQ is a groundbreaking project to enrich the lives of children and adults throughout Northeast Wisconsin through concerts, workshops, and music education outreach. Extraordinary musicians who have performed with orchestras and ensembles around the globe, they 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.
For more information visit www.midsummersmusic.com
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For calendar listings
Children’s Concerts based on the picture book Because by Mo Willems
Saturday, November 12, 11:00am
Door County Library, Sturgeon Bay
Saturday, November 12, 1:30pm
Brown County Library Pine St. Branch, Green Bay
Winter Community Concert
Music for Food event to benefit Feed My People
Friday, December 16, 5:00pm
Hope United Church of Christ, Sturgeon Bay
Winter Community Concert
Saturday, December 17, 2:00pm
First Presbyterian Church, Green Bay
Winter Community Concert
Sunday, December 18, 3:00pm
Kress Pavilion, Egg Harbor