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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Carnegie Hall Quality Returns to Door County
One of the world’s finest musical ensembles returns to Door County to perform three masterpieces on Sept. 27 at the Ephraim Moravian Church. The highly acclaimed Pro Arte String Quartet will present masterworks by Haydn, Schubert, and Dvorak.
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Bjِrklunden Hosts Cello Concert
Lawrence University’s Bjِrklunden will host a concert Sept. 23 at 1:30 pm. A cello ensemble, under the direction of Janet Anthony, will perform several pieces written in Haiti or by Haitian composers.
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DC String Academy Announces Youth Programs
The Door County String Academy (DCSA) announces the 2012 – 2013 School Year Program. Programs include Violin/Viola/Cello Lessons and Youth String Orchestra.
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“Families Helping Families” Concert at Shepherd of the Bay
On Sept. 16 at 4 pm, Judy and Carl Jackson will play their 9th annual two-piano benefit concert at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church in Ellison Bay.
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Urban Legends and the Peninsula Music Festival
Sixty years is a long time for any business to survive, especially when you take in all the economic and world influences over the past sixty years. If that business is a not for profit performing arts organization located on a peninsula in Wisconsin, the achievement of sixty years almost seems miraculous.
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Midsummer’s Music Welcomes Jeannie Yu to Concert Series
Midsummer’s Music welcomes pianist Jeannie Yu as a musical guest for the Labor Day Week Concert Series that runs through Sept. 3. A native of Korea, Yu is an award-winning pianist.
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Midsummer’s Music Festival Announces Labor Day Concert Series
For twenty-two summers Door County residents and visitors have had the opportunity to attend world-class music concerts, without having to venture into the big city and laying out “big bucks” for a little culture.
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Birch Creek presents Club Tango with live music from Redwood Tango Ensemble on Aug. 24 from 6:30 – 9:30 pm at Juniper Hall. Enjoy an evening of tango lessons from Rosanne Gorczynski of the Milwaukee Tango Community, live music by Redwood Tango Ensemble of the San Francisco Bay area, Argentinian cuisine (tapas) and a beverage.
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Four Guyz in Dinner Jackets Return to TAP
The Four Guyz in Dinner Jackets return to Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) for “Always in Style” performances on Aug. 25 and 26. The Guyz launched their rocket of retro-romp into the stratosphere with their new salute to the music of the 50s and 60s in a brand new show, “Always in Style.”
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Ronny Cox will take the Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) stage on Aug. 18 at 7:30 pm. Cox is an artist who brings his extraordinary view on life into a magnetic, likeable, onstage persona.
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Bjِrklunden Hosts Free Piano Concert with Anthony Padilla
Lawrence University’s Bjِrklunden will host a free piano concert on Aug. 29 at 7:30 pm. Anthony Padilla, Lawrence University Associate Professor of Music, will perform classical piano works demonstrating the element of humor.
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Randy and Marli Brown Perform at First Baptist Church
Randy and Marli Brown return to Door County on Sept. 2 for a performance at First Baptist Church at 7 pm. The Browns enjoy a ministry of providing congregations with a worship experience filled with gratefulness, adoration and wonder.
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Birch Creek Wraps Up 2012 Season with Jazz and Swing
Birch Creek Music Performance Center will finish up a successful 2012 season by featuring world-class, award-winning artists in the live Big Band Jazz concerts.
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Peninsula Music Festival Finishes 60th Season with Hilary Hahn
Aug. 25 at 6:30 pm, the Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) will celebrate the conclusion of another season bringing classical music to the Door Peninsula – their 60th to be exact.
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KIDS from Wisconsin Take Southern Door Stage
The Southern Door Community Auditorium announces the KIDS from Wisconsin, the state’s official musical ambassadors, will make their only Door/Kewaunee County appearance on Aug. 14 at 7 pm.
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Bjِrklunden Presents “Americana”
Bjِrklunden presents “Americana,” a program featuring saxophone and piano music inspired by the American musical ethos on Sept. 4 at 7 pm. The program will explore the fusion of ragtime, jazz, and musical theatre; and featured American composers include Gunther Schuller, Mohammed Fairouz, and William Albright.
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PMF’s “Rhapsody in Blue” Features Jonathan Overby Narration
Jonathan Overby will narrate Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” with the Peninsula Music Festival on Aug. 11 at 6:30 pm. The concert entitled “Rhapsody in Blue” features the music of Aaron Copland and Ira Gershwin and takes place at the Door Community Auditorium.
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TAP Presents “The Girl Singer: A Tribute To Rosemary Clooney”
Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) announces tickets are now available for Ellen Winters’ original show “The Girl Singer: A Tribute To Rosemary Clooney.” The show will run for two performances on Aug. 11 at 7:30 pm and Aug. 12 at 2 pm.
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Flamenco Night at Peg Egan PAC
The Peg Egan PAC will host Flamenco Night on Aug. 12 at 7 pm. This free event pairs the Flamenco music and dance of Kimball & Fernandez with the culinary delights of Parador tapas restaurant.
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Big Band Jazz Concerts Continue at Birch Creek
World-class artists continue to perform Big Band Jazz concerts Wednesday through Saturday evenings at Birch Creek Music Performance Center through Aug.