MusicFestival.com is an annual classical music festival, located in Wisconsin

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Peninsula Music Festival - Professional Orchestra - Door County Wisconsin Music At It's Finest

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Thursday August 6, 1953 marked the first concert of the Peninsula Music Festival. In 1951, the Festival was just an idea. Thor Johnson founder and conductor of the Festival had a dream of organizing a festival built around a chamber orchestra, performing the rich repertory for small orchestra which was seldom heard. He had mentioned this idea to Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz Heise who were extremely interested in the idea due to their love for music. After a few years of committee meetings and budget planning, the organization was formed.

A budget of $10,000 was proposed and needed to be raised before the start of the Festival. Though there were mixed feelings on the success of raising that amount of money, an eager team of volunteers went "door to door" in search of funds to help start this musical dream. Plans were made to start the first Festival performances in August of 1953 with eight different chamber orchestra performances including a concert especially for young people. Concerts would be performed in the Gibraltar School gymnasium. The first Festival was a huge success proving that, from this point on, there would be no one who could stop this organization from growing. Thor Johnson along with Lorenz Heise and Kay Wilson of Ephraim were the backbone of this Festival.

It was a huge shock and tragedy when Thor passed away in 1975. The twenty-two year Festival Orchestra had lost its artistic leader and needed to proceed on. The loss was a difficult one, but many stepped in to keep the momentum of this great Festival going. Michael Charry was appointed music director in 1978. After Mr. Charry's resignation in 1982, Byron Hanson became Music Coordinator. As Music Coordinator, Byron brought in many guest conductors to help lead the orchestra.

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