Experience

• Temple University

  Instructor

  I teach popular courses on Exploring Music mostly at the Center City campus.

• PA Humanites Council

  Commonwealth Speaker

  As a Commonwealth Speaker I have presented throughout the Pennsylvania area on topics including 'Leonard Bernstein -- American Idol, American Idealist', and 'Antonin Dvorak Sources of Inspiration in the New World Symphony' for radio and television audiences. I have also presented at numerous libraries and learning institutions.

• Private Instruction

  Teacher

  I teach piano, theory, composition and advanced musicianship.

• Philadelphia Classical Symphony

  Artistic Director

  I enjoy diverse activities as conductor, educator and composer. With the Symphony I attempt to introduce new multidisciplinary ways to make the traditional concert experience relevant to new as well as experienced audiences.

• Public Lecturer

  Music Presenter

  I have given over 300 public presentations before hundreds of audiences and student groups on such topics as Humor in Music, Beethoven the Creator, Mad for Italian Opera, America Dances with Fred Astaire, The Musical Vistas of America the Beautiful, and other diverse classical and popular music topics.These have received acclaim at the Philadelphia Orchestra and at dozens of colleges, libraries and learning institutions. The presentations mix scholarship with showmanship and are peppered with possibilities for audience participation, demonstrating that teaching classical music need not be rarified and exclusionary, but fun and exciting.
  
  Please visit my website at www.karlmiddleman.com for a partial list of some of my programs.
  
  A career educator, I have served on the faculties of Arcadia University, Cabrini, Philadelphia and Montgomery County Community Colleges and Temple University Music Prep. I also served as Arts Advocate and Trainer for the ‘Classroom Arts Project’ of Partners in Distance Learning, as well as Scholar in Residence for the South Jersey and Philadelphia Jewish Community Centers. Currently he is a Commonwealth Speaker for the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. I am a regular workshop leader for Pendle Hill Learning Center where teach courses on music and personal growth