Category: Performance

When Judith Jackson – professional pianist, accompanist, and vocal coach – retired from working with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Opera Theater and moved to Door County, singers still wanted to work with her.

On Memorial Day weekend, Shepherd of the Bay will be visited by four singers from Lyric Opera of Chicago: soprano Desirée Hassler, mezzo soprano Pamela Williams, tenor John Concepcion and baritone Michael Cavalieri.

Overlooking the audience in attendance at the recent Northern Door YMCA Dance Recital on April 27, one couldn’t help but notice all of the tiny, white screens as scores of people were using their smartphones or mini-cameras to record various parts of the event.

“All the world’s a stage,” wrote William Shakespeare. And I should know, I made a weekend of being on and off them.

Love, Loss and What I Wore, written by Nora and Delia Ephron, opened May 1 at 7:30 pm at Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay. Proving that a great show is always in fashion, Love, Loss, and What I Wore has become an international hit.

Lawrence University’s Bjِrklunden will host three concerts at the start of May. On May 4 at 1:30 pm, the Lawrence University composition and flute studios have teamed up to create a series of exciting and creative new works for “World Premieres for Flute.

The sixth annual Fractured Classics production, “Sing Along Dr. Zhivago OR Leaving On A Slow Train,” will be performed numerous times at Woodwalk Gallery this season, staring Leif and Jennifer Erickson and the Lockwood Family Players.

The Peninsula Singers have been making choral music in Door County for thirty-five years. To celebrate the group’s history, Artistic Director Merle Colburn chose music for this spring’s concerts representative of its formative years.

A bill that aids all smaller entertainment venues in the state was signed into law at a ceremony in Madison with Gov. Scott Walker on April 23. Sharon Grutzmacher, executive director of Peninsula Music Festival, started this bill with the help of Rep.

Midsummer’s Music announces the first Door County appearance of the 2014 season of the world famous Pro Arte Quartet, ensemble-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin, on May 5 at 7:30 pm at the Ephraim Moravian Church for an evening of music by Mozart, Bartَk, and more.

Tickets are now available for Birch Creek Music Performance Center’s 2014 season concerts on birchcreek.org. The Percussion and Steel Band session kicks off the 2014 season on June 19.

Tent Show Radio Live comes to Door Community Auditorium on April 25 as part of Wisconsin Public Radio show’s 20th-anniversary season. Tent Show Radio’s Fish Creek concert will feature best-selling author, songwriter, radio show host and amateur pig farmer Michael Perry, along with Big Top Chautauqua’s Blue Canvas Orchestra and special musical guests Corey Carlson and Katie Dahl.

The annual After Taxes concert with the Algoma Community Band and Chorus, under the direction of Tom Mueller and Dave Robertson, will be held in the Algoma Elementary School Auditorium on April 30 at 7 pm.

Lawrence University’s Bjِrklunden will host a joint concert on April 20 at 1:30 pm. Always a favorite, the Lawrence University Bass Studio will perform under the direction of Mark Urness.

The Door County String Academy announces summer programs: two three-week camp sessions beginning June 10 and July 15. The Orchestra Camp, designed for children four to six years old, will meet Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9 am to 11 am at Hope Church in Sturgeon Bay.

Midsummer’s Music is offering two levels of season subscriptions this year to see world-class musicians at unique venues. A full season subscription will allow patrons to become Charter Members and to attend one concert in each of the eight programs over the summer and fall concert series for $200; a half season subscription, priced at $100, entitles patrons to attend four different concert programs.

The Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp is joining Birch Creek’s 2014 concert season. This marks the first time in Birch Creek’s history that a vocal curriculum has been offered to students.

Musicales in Lent conclude March 30 at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church in Ellison Bay. The church has been filled with music on two previous Sunday afternoons this month, when musicians of the church have presented programs reflective of the season as part of the church’s seventh annual Musicales in Lent series.

March 30 at 4 pm, Sturgeon Bay Public School bands gather to present POPS. The concert serves two purposes – aside from entertainment – a fundraising event for high school band students playing at Disney World in Florida over spring break and a fundraising event for scholarships to benefit all middle and high band students who wish to attend summer band camps or obtain private lessons.