While the barn doors in Egg Harbor will be closed this summer, Executive Director Mona Christensen hopes a window to the future will be opened for Birch Creek Music Performance Center. The organization announced last week its 45th season will be online for its students that usually live in Door County for a week or two to learn from some of the best in the music industry. By moving online, the days will be shorter for students but will still allow them to participate in faculty-led group sectionals, small ensemble rehearsals, and master classes. Christensen says even though the online program will not replace the experience of staying on its campus, she believes it could help Birch Creek Music Performance Center grow in the future.

The five day sessions begin on June 22nd with percussion and steel band students and continue through the end of July with symphony and jazz classes.