Category: Performance
Door County is home to a selection of performance venues and ensembles unmatched by any other small communities in America. Birch Creek brings jazz and classical music to a rustic barn, Midsummer’s Music Festival tours the peninsula for intimate concerts, and the Peninsula Music Festival awes visitors and locals alike at the Door Community Auditorium each august. Find schedules for these and many other venues here.
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PMF Adds Another Radio Broadcast
The Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) has added another broadcast to its already full and diverse 2008 broadcast schedule on Wisconsin Public Radio. With this addition, there are five remaining radio broadcasts to look forward to hearing: • Wednesday, May 14, 9 am – Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks (recorded on August 14, 2007) • Friday, May 16, 2 pm – Morel Fantasia de la Danza for Guitar and Orchestra (recorded on August 14, 2007) Jason Vieaux, Guitar • Tuesday, June 17, 1 pm – Strauss Serenade for Winds in E-flat major, Op.
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Something for Everyone – PMF’s 56th Season
The Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) will open their 56th season on Tuesday, August 5, and this year’s festival is sure to be filled with many firsts, as well as a continued commitment to young artists and new music.
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Violists Perform at Bjِrklunden
Lawrence University’s Bjِrklunden will host a free concert Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 1:30 pm. The concert will feature violists from Lawrence in both solo works and viola ensembles.
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American Folklore Theatre Announces 2008 Season
American Folklore Theatre (AFT) is pleased to announce its 2008 summer season, which will run from June 18 until August 30, featuring AFT audience favorites Fishing for the Moon, Lumberjacks in Love, and A Cabin with a View.
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Accordion Revue to Take Place in Institute
The Spring 2008 Door County Accordion Revue will be held Sunday, May 4 from 1 – 5 pm at The Institute Saloon located on Highway 57 just north of Sturgeon Bay.
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White Gull Inn Continues Folk Concert Series
The folk singing duo of Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen will be featured in concert Wednesday, April 9, in the fifth of six folk concerts scheduled at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek this winter.
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Peter Pan Soars at Third Avenue Playhouse
Your heart will take flight when a cast of over 40 local children carry you off to enchanted Neverland in the Music & Arts School production of Peter Pan.
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Youth Orchestra Program Seeks Talented Musicians
The Green Bay Symphony Youth Orchestra Program (GBSYO), now entering its 41st season, encourages young area musicians to audition for placement in our 2008/09 ensembles.
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Eric Lewis and Tommy Burroughs in Concert to Benefit AFT
Award-winning Memphis musicians Eric Lewis and Tommy Burroughs will present a rousing concert to benefit American Folklore Theatre (AFT) Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 7:30 pm at the Ephraim Village Hall.
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The Doctor is In at Third Avenue Playhouse
What do you get when you combine the irresistible comedy of America’s premiere playwright, Neil Simon, with the insightful and bittersweet humor of Russia’s most famous playwright, Anton Chekhov? An evening of theatre that’s guaranteed to bring laughter to your face and warmth to your heart.
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Peninsula Music Festival Announces Radio Broadcast Schedule
The Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) is pleased to announce its 2008 Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) broadcast schedule. Each of the pieces of music being broadcast was recorded by WPR during the August 2007 season at the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek.
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Midsummer’s Presents Fifth Annual “The Seven Last Words of Christ”
Midsummer’s Music Festival continues to plan the upcoming performance of “The Seven Last Words of Christ.” The Stella Maris Catholic Parish/Sister Bay has graciously offered to host this magnificent event on Tuesday, March 18 at 7 pm.
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Award-Winning Pianist Featured at Emerson Event
Dr. David Severtson, Assistant Professor of Music at UW-Green Bay, will perform works of Schumann, Chopin and Schubert March 18 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County (UUFDC), located in Sister Bay.
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Jeanne Kuhns, Ben Larsen and Dan Mayhew in Concert
Local favorites Jeanne Kuhns, Ben Larsen and Dan Mayhew return to Third Avenue Playhouse on Saturday, March 15 for an evening of musical entertainment that is guaranteed to be exuberant, energetic and just plain fun! One performance is scheduled at 7:30 pm.
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GBSO Presents “Out-of-this-World” Concert
The Green Bay Symphony Orchestra presents a stellar event of cosmic proportions at its next concert on March 15 at 7:30 pm at the Weidner Center for Performing Arts.
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DCA’s Fireside Coffeehouse Concert Series Presents Straight Up Bluegrass
Straight Up Bluegrass is all about the way traditional music was meant to be played. Performing in the style of Jimmy Martin, Bill Monroe, and Third Tyme Out, Straight Up Bluegrass performs the songs that people remember.
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New Twist on Children’s Tale Teaches Timely Lesson
With a tweak and a twist, the children’s tale of the Billy Goats Gruff becomes a light-hearted, funny show which teaches a timely lesson about bullying.
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Chamber Singers Spring Season Begins Under New Director
The spring season of the Peninsula Chamber Singers, under the new artistic direction of Merle Colburn, will begin on Monday, March 3, 2008. Of the new position, Colburn stated, “It is my great honor to have been appointed to be the PCS Artistic Director.
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Midsummer’s Music Presents Fifth Annual Easter Presentation
Midsummer’s Music Festival will present the fifth annual performance of Franz Joseph Haydn’s masterpiece, “The Seven Last Words of Christ” on Tuesday, March 18 at 7 pm.
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Door County Idol Competition Approaches
With a resounding drum roll, six of Door County’s most talented young singers will step onto the Door Community Auditorium stage to compete for the title “4th Door County Idol” on Saturday, February 9, at 7 pm.