New Middle Class

- 1st Place, Music To Life Concert, 2003 Kerrville Folk Festival
- Official Showcase Artist at the 2002 Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference, Kerrville TX
- 1^st Place (Folk) and 3^rd Place (Pop) in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest
- 2^nd Place in the Lake County (Chicago) Folk Festival
- Finalists in the 2006 and 2000 South Florida Folk Festival Singer/Songwriter Competitions
- Finalists in the 2005 Avalon FolkFest Rising Star Performer Competition
- Honorable Mention, John Lennon International Songwriting Contest
- Semifinalist in the 2012 UK Songwriting Contest (two categories)
- Finalist in the 2013 UK Songwriting Contest
- Semifinalist in the 2014 UK Songwriting Contest

Past winnings by the Westchester-based duo include the New Jersey Folk Festival's New Folk Showcase, and the WWUH-FM (University of Hartford) Folk Next Door Contest.

New Middle Class doesn't play your typical love songs. Barbara and Mike speak with voices of different characters as they sing about relationships, miniature golf, sensible footwear and more. Fast Folk says: "Great melodic songs, full of warmth, wit and truly delightful and surprising turns of phrase."

Mike (guitar/vocal) and Barbara (lead vocal) have been intertwined musically and romantically for many years. Described as "intelligent fun," New Middle Class plays in clubs and coffeehouses in the tri-state area ... in between working a day job, raising a family, yard work, and recording their second CD.

In addition to being the featured act, New Middle Class has opened for Cliff Eberhardt, Tom Rush, Lucy Kaplansky, Vance Gilbert, Barbara Kessler, Dan Hicks, Margo Hennebach, Sloan Wainwright, Terre Roche, Susan Werner, etc. New Middle Class appears on five compilation CDs, and two of their songs, "Give It Back" and "Misery Loves Company," were winners of WHUD-FM's New Music Preview.

Venues that New Middle Class has performed at include:

Discography