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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
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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

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

United States
Albany Symphony Orchestra (GA)
American Classical Orchestra
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony
Augusta Symphony Orchestra
Binghamton Philharmonic
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Chicago 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
The Fresno Philharmonic
Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Green Bay Civic Symphony
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Helena Symphony 
Kansas City Symphony
La Porte County Symphony Orchestra
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra
Long Beach Symphony
The Maryland Symphony
Meridian Symphony Association
Mid-Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Modesto Symphony Orchestra
The Nashville Symphony
National Symphony Orchestra
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Omaha Symphony Orchestra
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
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
Richmond Symphony Orchestra
Ridgefield Symphony 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
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Wheeling Symphony Orchestra
Wichita Symphony Orchestra
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
York Symphony Orchestra

Australia
West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Canada
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Conservatoire de musique de la Montérégie
Edmonton Symphony
Geordie Productions (Montréal)
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
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
University of Lethbridge Conservatory of Music
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (Whistler)
Victoria Symphony Orchestra
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Malaysia
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Singapore
Singapore Symphony Orchestra

South Korea
KBS Symphony Orchestra

GERSHWIN'S MAGIC KEY

United States
National Symphony Orchestra
Bravo Vail! Music Festival
Breckenridge Music Festival
Kansas City Symphony
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
North Carolina Symphony
Reno Philharmonic Orchestra
Peoria Symphony Orchestra
York Symphony Orchestra
Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Wichita Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra
Muncie Symphony Orchestra
Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Utah Symphony Orchestra

Canada
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Calgary Philharmonic 
Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Malaysia
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

MOZART'S MAGNIFICENT VOYAGE

United States
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
The Augusta Symphony
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Colorado Music Festival (Boulder)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Association
Delaware Symphony Association
East Texas Symphony Orchestra (Tyler)
The Fresno Philharmonic
Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra
Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Kansas City Symphony
Napa Valley Opera House
National Symphony Orchestra
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
North Carolina Symphony
Oklahoma Mozart Festival
Oistrach Symphony Orchestra (Chicago Public Schools Outreach)
The Phoenix Symphony
Ravinia Music Festival
Reading Symphony Orchestra
Reno is Artown
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Springfield Symphony Orchestra (Ohio)
Toledo 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
The Netherlands
RBO Sinfonia

TCHAIKOVSKY DISCOVERS AMERICA

United States
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Britt Festival
Buffalo Philharmonic
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Chicago 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
Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Muncie Symphony Orchestra
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Oregon Symphony
The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Phoenix Symphony
Ravinia Music Festival (Highland Park, Illinois)
Quincy Symphony
Orchestra Association
Rhode Island Philharmonic
Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra
Virginia Symphony
York Symphony Orchestra

Canada
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Neptune Theatre (Halifax)
Orchestre symphonique de Québec
Symphony Nova Scotia
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Vancouver Symphony Canada
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

VIVALDI'S RING OF MYSTERY

United States
American Classical Orchestra
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra (Miami Residency)
East Texas Symphony Orchestra
The Fresno Philharmonic
Kansas City Symphony
Maryland Symphony Orchestra (Hagerstown)
National Symphony Orchestra
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Oistrach Symphony Orchestra (Chicago Public Schools Outreach)
The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Phoenix Orchestra
Reading Symphony Orchestra
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra
York Symphony Orchestra

Canada
National Arts Centre (Ottawa)
Neptune Theatre (Halifax)
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Orchestre symphonique de Québec
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Winnipeg Symphony

The Netherlands
RBO Sinfonia

Singapore
Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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