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Gilbert and Sullivan’s Bungling Swashbucklers – The Pirates of Penzance

Code: MT22820

Dates: March 3-10, 2026

Meets: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Sessions: 2

Location: Lower Merion High School

Course Fee: $59.00

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Ready your scabbard. The Pirates of Penzance are coming, raising plenty of hijinx in Gilbert and Sullivan’s greatest hit. Learn the context for this satire as serious issues of Victorian England are addressed:  illegitimacy, wayward orphans and, well, piracy. All are handled uproariously with the most delightful music in English operetta. Noted music lecturer Middleman lifts the curtain on the meanings and madcappery with sparkling videos. Join this crash course in G&S and Pirates pranks.
Fee: $59.00
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Fee Breakdown

CategoryDescriptionAmount
Course Fee (Basic)Course Fee$ 59.00
Optional FeeDonation$ 0.00

Lower Merion High School

315 E Montgomery Avenue
Ardmore, PA 19003
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Karl Middleman

As both a conductor and educator, Karl Middleman's presentations have been hailed for the easy way they mix scholarship with showmanship. Karl has lectured for the Philadelphia Orchestra over 50 times and has received many awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. He has taught at Temple University and at Pendle Hill Learning Center. Karl has taught courses for many years at MLSN.

maestrokm@aol.com

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