Karl Diekman - clarinet

Karl has performed with a variety of ensembles, festivals and theater companies, including the Tucson Symphony, the Aspen Music Festival, The Guthrie Theater, The Children’s Theater, The Minnesota Orchestra and the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded for Columbia Pictures and the Newport Classics Label and received a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University. Karl lives with three cats in a Victorian house in Stillwater surrounded by gardens, in which he grows such varied things as winter hardy Kiwi fruit, native popcorn, hops and lots of flowers. When not weeding, he enjoys cooking, canning, making beer, and riding his Harley. When he is not toughing it out in Stillwater, he is found boating in Lake Michigan where he has another home in Door County, Wisconsin.