The Alabama Accordion Association is proud to present Dr. Mike Middleton on February 15, 2020 at 1:PM and 7:PM at the Brookwood Baptist Church, 3449 Overton Road, Mountain Brook, AL 35223

Dr, Mike Middleton’s musical accomplishments include:
Texas State Accordion Champion: 1st Place, 1982
Texas State Accordion Champion: 1st Place, 1983
American Accordionist National Champion: 3rd  Place Duet Category, 1983
American Accordionist National Championship: Semi-Finalist, 1983
International Texas Folk Music: 1st Place, 2001  

Dr. Middleton’s CD’s:
Around the World and Back to Texas:  Accordion Solos
Accordion and Tuba Favorites:  Dr. Middleton & Mr. Capps
Amazing Grace Accordion Variations
Accordion to Mike & the Middletones:  Back in Texas  

Admission, Workshop and Concerts are free, courtesy of The Alabama Accordion Association

Dr. Mike Middleton is an accordionist and his main musical interests are Midi Enhanced Accordion music from all genres. He performs mainly for charity events and local festivals, including all styles of international accordion music. Mike also enjoys arranging compositions on the accordion, and has recently been performing at many churches and for senior groups throughout Central Texas. Mike’s latest performances include his renditions/arrangements of “Ghostriders in the Sky”, “Variations on an Amazing Grace”, “Beer Barrel Polka Variations”, “Russian Minka Variations”, and other favorites.

Dr. Middleton is currently employed as Director of Nuclear Medicine and Professor of Radiology, at the Scott & White Clinic/Texas A&M Health Science Center. He has served as President of the American College of Nuclear Physicians and the Southwest Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Secretary/Treasurer of SNMMI, and other leadership positions. He has also been Secretary of the Scott & White Clinic Healthcare Board of Directors, 2008-present. Dr. Middleton has also been nominated for VP-Elect of the SNMMI.

Dr. Mike Middleton has been entertaining audiences in central Texas for over 3 decades. While in college, he was named Texas State Champion accordionist in 1981 & 1982, and had placed in several national competitions. To help pay for medical school, he was contracted as a repeat solo performer at the famed Wurstfest in New Braunfels, Texas as well as other venues. In 2001, after 2 decades of not competing, Dr. Middleton won the (one time only) Accordionist and Teachers Guild/Texas Accordion Association’s International Texas Folk Accordionists Competition in San Antonio, Texas.

The Alabama Accordion Association states, “We are a group of happy accordion enthusiasts that meets so we can…have fun with this versatile instrument! Currently, we have members of all age groups and skill levels, and are always seeking to find more people who love to play the accordion, or just love to listen to accordion music.”

For further information: csfunder@gmail.com