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Measuring SUCCESS

PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK

It is always a pleasure for us to work with Classical Kids Live! You are so well organized and so professional, and your actors are top-notch, allowing us all to focus on the artistic rather the logistic aspects of thsese presentations... as it should be. Thank you for partnering with us to make classical music literally come alive for our young audiences!
Joan Katz NapoliThe Cleveland Orchestra
Thank you! It’s a great show, as evinced by the attentive audiences, and I am very happy that we could include in our season. It was very rewarding to hear so many enthused comments from the audience as they left the performances. The music is obviously selected with extraordinary care and fits perfectly to the spoken texts, and you have marvelous performers too!
Nigel BoonNational Symphony Orchestra
After ten years of doing these shows, I still find them intelligently created, beautifully produced and acted, and with all of the right touches on music that we care about deeply. Any orchestra seeking to broaden its audience would be wise to engage Classical Kids Live. You are simply the best. Congratulations and keep up the good work!
Don ReinholdWichita Symphony Orchestra
Thank you for crafting such an artistic, educational, and entertaining enhancement for our series of School and Family Concerts. It’s a delight to work with such creative and hard-working artists who bring a great deal of energy and enthusiasm to projects created for young listeners and their families/teachers. Your organization and attention to detail made this a truly smooth and enjoyable process.
Ayden AdlerThe Philadelphia Orchestra Association
It was an absolute delight, and our audience was clearly engaged with the performance from start to finish! Classical Kids serves to anchor my season. The story and visuals help to hold the attention of the younger children, while the older ones really do engage with a deeper understanding of both the music and the period. Our audiences love these productions and I will continue to book on an ongoing basis.
Roberta SmithToronto Symphony Orchestra
My warmest thanks to you and the Classical Kids Live family! You all were an absolute pleasure to work with from start to finish. Thank you so much for your truly outstanding performances, which certainly made a significant impact on the students and teachers in attendance. I’ll look forward to working with you again!
Dr. Janice CrewsAtlanta Symphony Orchestra
The show was wonderful! It was flawless. The actors did a great job. It was a real pleasure. Your professionalism, preparedness and complete control of details makes all of us perform better! We love Classical Kids. We sell out. You are really terrific: talented, easy to work with, reasonable. I give an A+ to Paul Pement and his team. Thank you!
Henry NixonYork Symphony Orchestra
My confidence in the quality of your production, the drama, and your actors, was completely confirmed not only in my estimation but in the reaction of our audience as well. A number of comments came in that it was 'the best thing ever, ever, in this region. Feel free to pass on my unqualified praise for you, your crew, the production materials, and your approach.
David CommandayHeartland Festival Orchestra
Thank you for your first-class performance, preparation and organization! This was the most quiet, completely enthralled audience we have ever had at a Family Concert. We look forward to working with you again on another of your productions!
Mark FischerOrlando Philharmonic
Thank you all for making a positive, memorable musical adventure for over 1,300 youngsters and their families. We have received some wonderful testimonials in the past three days! What struck me was how this program touched each member of the audience. For some it was through the music, for others it was the emotion, for yet others it was the acting- just what good teaching does by hearing, seeing, and doing. I am sure that it will start many on their life-long love of music!
Mary Steffek BlaskeAnn Arbor Symphony Orchestra
I so appreciate everything you worked so hard to do that brought the story, the representation, and the music to life for our community here in Charlotte. Thank you for making both children & families' formative experiences with classical music so accessible, engaging, energizing, and entertaining. I will continue to cheer on the phenomenal work of Classical Kids Live and look very much forward to whichever CKL show I'll have the good fortune of conducting next!
Christopher James LeeResident Conductor, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Thank you so much for bringing another fantastic Classical Kids Live performance to Charlotte. It was wonderful to work with you again, and to see one of the first performances of Saint-Georges’ Sword and Bow! Your shows are always so thoughtful, and I admire the way they can touch on heavier topics in a gentle way that is accessible for kids. Please pass our thanks along to Kelvin and Demetra! They were brilliant in their roles, and I am sure the performance was impactful for the children and their families. Looking forward to working with you again soon!
Carrie GrahamSenior Director of Artistic Planning, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
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AWARDS & HONORS​

Emmy-Award-statue

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

Audio Awards

  • Juno Award Best Children’s Recording (Canada)
  • Parents’ Choice Silver Honor
  • American Library Association Notable Children’s Recording Award
  • Practical Home Schooling Reader Award Music Curriculum Category & Educational Audiocassette Category
  • Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence
  • Parents’ Choice Classic Award
  • Parent’s Guide to Children’s Media Award
  • Certified Gold Record (Canada)
  • Certified Platinum Record (Canada)
  • Selected as Outstanding by Parent Council

Book Awards

  • Governor-General’s Award Finalist – Illustration (Canada)
  • Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Book Recommendation
  • Parents’ Choice Gold Award of Excellence
  • Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence

Video Awards

  • Emmy Award Best Children’s Program
  • Parents’ Choice Movie Hall of Fame Classic and Gold Awards
  • Dove Foundation Dove Family Approved Seal
  • Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award
  • Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence
  • Gold Camera Award Best Children’s Program and Best Direction
  • Certified Multi-Platinum Video (Canada)

CD-Rom Awards

  • National Parenting Publications Honors Award
  • Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence
  • Curriculum Administrator Top 100 Districts’ Choice Award
  • Kids First! Endorsement

Education Awards

  • Curriculum Administrator Top 100 Districts’ Choice Award – Teacher’s Notes
  • Learning Magazine – Teacher’s Choice Award – Teacher’s Notes
  • Practical Home Schooling Association Notable Children’s Recordings – Teacher’s Notes
  • Teacher’s Choice Award Learning Magazine – The Classroom Collection Teaching Edition

Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery

Audio Awards

  • Juno Award Best Children’s Recording (Canada)
  • Parents’ Choice Gold Award, American Library Association Notable Children’s Recording Award
  • Parents’ Choice Classic Award
  • Practical Home Schooling Reader Award Music Curriculum Category & Educational Audiocassette Category
  • AudioFile Earphones Award of Excellence
  • Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence
  • Certified Gold Record (Canada)
  • Selected as Outstanding by Parent Council

Education Awards

  • Curriculum Administrator Top 100 Districts’ Choice Award – Teacher Notes
  • Learning Magazine – Teacher’s Choice Award – Teacher’s Notes
  • Practical Home Schooling Association Notable Children’s Recordings – Teacher’s Notes
  • Teacher’s Choice Award Learning Magazine – The Classroom Collection Teaching Edition
  • 2005 Karl Haas Award for Music Education

Mozart's Magnificent Voyage

Audio Awards

  • Juno Award Best Children’s Recording (Canada)
  • Audio File Earphones Award of Excellence
  • Parent’s Guide Children’s Media Award
  • Selected as Outstanding by Parent Council
  • Canadian Children’s Book Centre – Our Choice Gold

Education Awards

  • Curriculum Administrator Top 100 Districts’ Choice Award – Teacher’s Notes
  • Learning Magazine – Teacher’s Choice Award – Teacher’s Notes
  • Practical Home Schooling Association Notable Children’s Recordings – Teacher’s Notes
  • Teacher’s Choice Award Learning Magazine – The Classroom Collection Teaching Edition
  • 2005 Karl Haas Award for Music Education

Tchaikovsky Discovers America

Audio Awards

  • Juno Award Best Children’s Recording (Canada)
  • American Library Association Notable Children’s Recording Award
  • Parents’ Choice Classic Award
  • Practical Home Schooling Reader Award Music Curriculum Category & Educational Audiocassette Category
  • AudioFile Earphones Award of Excellence, Certified Gold Record (Canada)
  • Selected as Outstanding by Parent Council
 Education Awards
  • Curriculum Administrator Top 100 Districts’ Choice Award – Teacher’s Notes
  • Learning Magazine – Teacher’s Choice Award – Teacher’s Notes
  • Practical Home Schooling Association Notable Children’s Recordings – Teacher’s Notes
  • Teacher’s Choice Award Learning Magazine – The Classroom Collection Teaching Edition
  • 2005 Karl Haas Award for Music Education

Book Awards

  • Gibbon Award Finalist Illustration

Gershwin's Magic Key

Audio Awards

  • Grammy Nomination 2021
  • Mom’s Choice Award
  • Creative Child Awards – CD of the Year 2021
  • National Parenting Products Award 2021
  • Family Choice Award
 Education Awards
  • Smart Media – Academics Choice Award
  • Tillywigs Toy Awards – Brain Child Award
 

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

One of the most completely wondrous examples of children's entertainment ever!
Billboard
The best way to unlock the mind and heart of a child to the wonders of musical masterpieces!
New York Daily News
...draws children into another century with entertaining and literate biographical drama...the composer's music...is interwoven into the story and comes alive!
LA Times
Making the Masters accessible to the young!
Time
Hallelujah! is the appropriate reaction to the superb Classical Kids series!
Family Fun
...a classical series with just enough fantasy - and reality - to captivate kids. Parents will relish Classical Kids as much as the kids do!
Parenting
Art made accessible: nobody does it better than Classical Kids!!
Entertainment Weekly
Classical Kids are far and away the best for introducing children to classical music!
Boston Herald
Another outstanding entry in an acclaimed series that is already in danger of creating a whole new (and knowledgeable) generation of classical music lovers!
Parents' Choice
Making the Masters accessible to the young!
Parents' Guide to Children's Entertainment
More than just introducing children to classical music, they tell fabulous tales steeped in historical detail!
Canadian Press

BOOKING HISTORY

Licensed productions are in italics.

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

United States
National Symphony Orchestra ¨ Albany Symphony Orchestra ¨ American Classical Orchestra ¨ Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra ¨ Atlanta Symphony ¨ Augusta Symphony Orchestra ¨ Binghamton Philharmonic ¨ Bravo! Vail Music Festival ¨ Breckenridge Music Festival ¨ Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts ¨ Charlotte Symphony Orchestra ¨ Chicago Symphony Orchestra ¨ Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra¨ The Cleveland Orchestra ¨ The Cleveland Orchestra (Miami Residency) ¨ Colorado Music Festival ¨ Columbus Symphony ¨ Concert Artists of Baltimore ¨ Dallas Symphony Association ¨ Danville Symphony Orchestra ¨ Dayton Symphony Orchestra ¨ Detroit Symphony Orchestra ¨ East Tennessee Regional Symphony ¨ East Texas Symphony Orchestra ¨ Erie Philharmonic ¨ Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra ¨ Fort Wayne Philharmonic ¨ Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra ¨ The Fresno Philharmonic ¨ Glacier Symphony Orchestra and Chorale ¨ Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra ¨ Green Bay Civic Symphony ¨ Hartford Symphony Orchestra ¨ Helena Symphony ¨ Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra ¨ Kansas City Symphony ¨ Kent Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ La Porte County Symphony Orchestra ¨ Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra ¨ Long Beach Symphony ¨ The Maryland Symphony ¨ Marion Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Meridian Symphony Association ¨ Mid-Columbia Symphony Orchestra ¨ Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale ¨ Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra ¨ Modesto Symphony Orchestra ¨ Music in the Mountains  ¨ The Nashville Symphony ¨ Northbrook Symphony ¨ North Carolina Symphony Orchestra ¨ Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra ¨Omaha Symphony Orchestra ¨  Orchestra Miami ¨ Orchestra Iowa ¨ Oregon Symphony Orchestra ¨ The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Pacific Symphony of Orange County ¨ Pensacola Symphony Orchestra ¨ Peoria Symphony Orchestra ¨ The Philadelphia Orchestra ¨ The Phoenix Symphony ¨ Portland Symphony Orchestra ¨ Ravinia Music Festival ¨ Reading Symphony Orchestra ¨ Reno Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Richmond Symphony Orchestra ¨ Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra ¨ Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra ¨ St. Paul Chamber Orchestra ¨ San Diego Symphony Orchestra ¨ Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra ¨ The Sarasota Orchestra ¨ Seattle Symphony ¨ Syracuse Symphony Orchestra ¨ Tar River Choral & Orchestral Society ¨ Virginia Symphony Orchestra ¨ West Virginia Symphony Orchestra ¨ Wheeling Symphony Orchestra ¨ Wichita Symphony Orchestra ¨ Wilmington Symphony ¨ York Symphony Orchestra

Australia
West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Brazil
Maestro Entretenimento

Canada
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Conservatoire de musique de la Montérégie ¨ Edmonton Metropolitan Orchestra Society ¨ Edmonton Symphony ¨ Geordie Productions (Montréal) ¨ The Grand Theater ¨ Kamloops Symphony Orchestra ¨ National Arts Centre (Ottawa) ¨ Niagara Symphony Orchestra ¨ Neptune Theatre (Halifax) ¨ Orchestra London Ontario ¨ Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ¨ Orchestre symphonique de Québec ¨ Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de Joliette ¨ Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra ¨ Toronto Symphony Orchestra ¨ University of Lethbridge Conservatory of Music ¨ Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ¨ Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (Whistler) ¨ Victoria Symphony Orchestra ¨ Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Greece
Athens State Orchestra

Malaysia
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Netherlands
RBO Sinfonia
Stichting Educatieve Orkest Projecten

Singapore
Singapore Symphony Orchestra

South Korea
KBS Symphony Orchestra

Switzerland
Symphonia Genéve

GERSHWIN'S MAGIC KEY

United States
National Symphony Orchestra ¨ Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra ¨ Bravo Vail! Music Festival ¨ Breckenridge Music Festival ¨ Carmel Symphony Orchestra ¨ Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra ¨ Dallas Symphony Orchestra ¨ Edmonton Symphony Orchestra ¨ Helena Symphony ¨ Jacksonville Symphony ¨ Kansas City Symphony ¨ Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra ¨ Muncie Symphony Orchestra ¨ North Carolina Symphony  ¨ Peoria Symphony Orchestra ¨ Quad City Symphony Orchestra ¨ Reno Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra ¨ Utah Symphony Orchestra ¨ West Virginia Symphony Orchestra ¨ Wichita Symphony Orchestra ¨ York Symphony Orchestra

Canada
Calgary Philharmonic ¨ Toronto Symphony Orchestra ¨ Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Malaysia
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Netherlands
Stitching Educatieve Orkest Projecten

MOZART'S MAGNIFICENT VOYAGE

United States
National Symphony Orchestra ¨ Anderson Symphony Orchestra ¨ Annapolis Symphony Orchestra ¨ Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra ¨ The Augusta Symphony ¨ Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ¨ Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Charlotte Symphony Orchestra ¨ Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra ¨ Colorado Music Festival (Boulder) ¨ Colorado Symphony Orchestra ¨ Dallas Symphony Association ¨ Delaware Symphony Association ¨ Detroit Symphony Orchestra ¨ East Texas Symphony Orchestra (Tyler) ¨ The Fresno Philharmonic ¨ Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra ¨ Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra ¨ Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra ¨ Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra ¨ Kansas City Symphony ¨ Muncie Symphony Orchestra ¨ Napa Valley Opera House ¨ New Jersey Symphony Orchestra ¨ Northbrook Symphony Orchestra ¨ North Carolina Symphony ¨ Oklahoma Mozart Festival ¨ Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra  ¨ Orchestra Iowa ¨ Orchestra Miami ¨ Pensacola Symphony Orchestra ¨ The Phoenix Symphony ¨ Ravinia Music Festival ¨ Reading Symphony Orchestra ¨ Reno is Artown ¨ Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra ¨ Seattle Symphony Orchestra ¨ Sinfonia Gulf Coast ¨ Springfield Symphony Orchestra (Ohio) ¨ Toledo Symphony Orchestra ¨ Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra ¨ Virginia Symphony ¨ York Symphony Orchestra

Canada
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Edmonton Symphony Orchestra ¨ Orchestre symphonique de Québec ¨ Toronto Symphony Orchestra ¨ University of Lethbridge ¨ Conservatory of Music ¨ Vancouver Symphony Canada

China
Beijing Music Festival

Malaysia
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Netherlands
RBO Sinfonia
Stitching Educatieve Orkest Projecten

SAINT-GEORGES' SWORD & BOW

United States
Albany Symphony Orchestra ¨ Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ¨ Charlotte Symphony Orchestra ¨  Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras ¨ Eastern Orchestra ¨ Heartland Festival Orchestra ¨ Helena Symphony ¨ Music in the Mountains ¨ Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago ¨ Reno Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ San Francisco Symphony ¨ Tar River Orchestra ¨ Wichita Symphony Orchestra ¨ Wilmington Symphony Orchestra 

Canada
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Toronto Symphony Orchestra ¨ Vancouver Symphony Canada ¨ Victoria Symphony

TCHAIKOVSKY DISCOVERS AMERICA

United States
National Symphony Orchestra ¨ Annapolis Symphony Orchestra ¨ Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra ¨ Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ¨ Britt Festival ¨ Buffalo Philharmonic ¨ Charlotte Symphony ¨ Chicago Symphony Orchestra ¨ Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra ¨ The Colorado Symphony ¨ The Cleveland Orchestra ¨ Des Moines Symphony ¨ Fort Wayne Philharmonic ¨ The Fresno Philharmonic ¨ Green Bay Civic Orchestra ¨ Kansas City Symphony ¨ Lima Symphony Orchestra ¨ Meridian Symphony Association ¨ Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale ¨ Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra ¨ Muncie Symphony Orchestra ¨ Nashville Symphony Orchestra ¨ New Jersey Symphony Orchestra ¨ North Carolina Symphony Orchestra ¨ Oregon Symphony ¨ Pensacola Symphony Orchestra ¨ The Philadelphia Orchestra ¨ The Phoenix Symphony ¨ Ravinia Music Festival (Highland Park, Illinois) ¨ Quincy Symphony ¨ Orchestra Association ¨ Orchestra Iowa ¨ Rhode Island Philharmonic ¨ Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra ¨ Wichita Symphony Orchestra ¨ Virginia Symphony ¨ York Symphony Orchestra

Canada
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Neptune Theatre (Halifax) ¨ Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de Joliette ¨ Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil ¨ Orchestre symphonique de Québec ¨ Symphony Nova Scotia ¨ Toronto Symphony Orchestra ¨ Vancouver Symphony Canada ¨ Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

VIVALDI'S RING OF MYSTERY

United States
National Symphony Orchestra ¨ Albany Symphony Orchestra ¨ American Classical Orchestra ¨ Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra ¨ Atlanta Symphony ¨ Charlotte Symphony Orchestra ¨ The Cleveland Orchestra ¨ The Cleveland Orchestra (Miami Residency) ¨ East Brunswick High School ¨ East Texas Symphony Orchestra ¨ The Fresno Philharmonic ¨ Kansas City Symphony ¨ Maryland Symphony Orchestra (Hagerstown) ¨ Music in the Mountains ¨ Northbrook Symphony Orchestra ¨ Lincoln Symphony Orchestra ¨ Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra ¨ Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra ¨ Orchestra Miami ¨ The Philadelphia Orchestra ¨ The Phoenix Orchestra ¨ Reading Symphony Orchestra ¨ Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra ¨ Victoria Symphony Orchestra ¨ Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra ¨ Wilmington Symphony Orchestra ¨ York Symphony Orchestra

Canada
Harbour Lehocky ¨ Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People ¨ National Arts Centre (Ottawa) ¨ Neptune Theatre (Halifax) ¨ Niagara Symphony Orchestra ¨ Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ¨ Orchestre symphonique de Québec ¨ Toronto Symphony Orchestra ¨ Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ¨ Winnipeg Symphony

Netherlands
RBO Sinfonia

Singapore
Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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