Karl Middleman

A particularly versatile performer and lecturer, Karl Middleman is equally at home with Hart and Hammerstein as he is with Handel and Haydn. As Founder and Music Director of the Philadelphia Classical Symphony he was cited in 19th Century Music and Philadelphia Magazine, twice winning the Best in Philly Award. He has been praised for the easy ways his concerts and presentations mix scholarship with showmanship. One reviewer wrote, “Anyone who didn’t enjoy Karl’s concert deserves to be harried across Europe by the Austrian secret police.” He has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. In addition to frequent lectures for the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, he has lectured for the Philadelphia Orchestra over 50 times. He regularly lectures at dozens of libraries and learning centers. As a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Speaker his presentations on ‘Sources of Inspiration in Dvorak’s New World Symphony’ and Leonard Bernstein: American Idol, American Idealist were broadcast on television and radio as part of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council “Humanities on the Road” series. He taught music history at Temple University for many years and leads a music and personal growth workshops at Pendle Hill Learning Center. This fall he inaugurated The Music Salon, an instructional forum for great music and camaraderie. For further information: kdmiddleman@gmail.com.