Midsummer’s Music, Wisconsin’s oldest summer chamber music series, launches its second annual Autumn Music Fest during the first three weekends of October. Featuring the Pro Arte Quartet, the Griffon String Quartet, violinist David Perry, and pianist Jeannie Yu, the six concerts will be held in various Door County venues. Autumn… [Read More]

In September 2023, Memphis-based musician Eric Lewis and Midsummer Music’s affiliate, the Griffon String Quartet, held a sold-out concert at the Gould Theatre in Fish Creek to release their brand-new CD, Beneath the Waves. The musicians join forces again on September 13, 14, and 15 to present three concerts in… [Read More]

David Perry first performed with Midsummer’s Music in 1999. It was a game changer. I had gotten to know David a few years prior to that when he started serving as the concertmaster with the Chicago Philharmonic. Not only did he perform in that role as leader of the violin… [Read More]

With Midsummer’s Music retaking the stage for eight more performances leading up to Labor Day, I have been surveying the three programs that will be heard very soon. What strikes me, that I didn’t realize when developing those programs, is that each program features a main work that has a… [Read More]

Midsummer’s Music, Wisconsin’s oldest summer chamber music series, concludes its 34th season of presenting exceptional chamber music in the vacation paradise of Door County, Wisconsin. Concerts hailed as “exciting, pulse-pounding, and riveting” are performed in cultural, historical, and scenic locations, including art galleries, museums, churches, historic sites, and private homes,… [Read More]