If you like the sounds of a chamber music quartet, then you will love what Midsummer’s Music has coming up over its final six weeks twice as much. Midsummer’s Music will join forces with its Griffon String Quartet beginning on Sunday for a series of concerts written for eight musicians, also known as an octet. Violinists David Perry, Roy Meyer, Alex Norris, and Ann Palen, violists Allyson Fleck and Oryann Tsaig, cellists Mara McClain and Jesse Nummelin, and bassist Kris Saebo will present Krzysztof Penderecki’s Ciaccona in Memoriam Giovanni Paolo II, Carl Schuberth’s Octet in E Major, Op. 23, and Max‘s Octet in B-flat Major, Op. Posthumous as a part of the series. Executive Director Allyson Fleck says there are not many pieces written for octets, and she enjoys how all of the instruments are able to work together to produce a superior sound.

Tickets are available for performances on July 27th at the Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor, July 30th at Sister Bay Moravian Church, August 1st at MUSE in Sturgeon Bay, and August 2nd at Sister Bay’s St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sister Bay. You do not have to fret if you miss this octet either. Octets featuring strings, brass, and woodwinds are scheduled for the end of August and early September.