Midsummer’s Music excels in pairing celebrated composers with diverse, lesser-known composers, and its upcoming program – “David Perry Leads Mendelssohn Octet—and more!” – is no exception. The program’s four performances run June 19 through June 27 and feature violinist David Perry, who enjoys an international career as a chamber musician,… [Read More]

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]

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’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 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]