Beethoven Lives Upstairs to be released on DVD - Music Marketplace - advertisement

American Music Teacher, Feb-March, 2003

The Children's Group, Inc., 1400 Bayly St., Ste. 7, Pickering, Ontario, L1W 3R2 Canada; (800) 668-0242 or (905) 831-1995, ext. 27, Fax: (905) 831-1142; moreinfo@childrensgroup.com or mdaoust@childrensgroup.com; www.childrensgroup.com. See local retailer for price.

Beethoven Lives Upstairs, the Emmy Award-winning film (Best Children's Program) will be available on DVD with valuable special features, beginning February 19, 2003.

They include behind-the-scenes interviews, Beethoven's ninth music video, English, French and Spanish language soundtracks, a Classical Kids Music Gallery featuring more than fifty minutes of music and a fully interactive DVD-ROM featuring a variety of arcade-style musical games to inspire play and advance learning.

Based on the award-winning and best-selling Classical Kids compact disc of the same name, Beethoven Lives Upstairs was hailed upon its original release in 1992 as "a video masterpiece" by the Boston Herald and "the best new family video to appear in a long time" by the Ottawa Citizen. The television special has been seen on HBO, CBC, the Family Channel and YTV, and the home video has sold more than 250,000 copies in North America.

Richly set in nineteenth-century Vienna, Beethoven Lives Upstairs is the touching tale of the magic of music, friendship and genius. The arrival of an eccentric boarder turns a young boy's home upside-down--Ludwig van Beethoven has moved in upstairs. At first, the boy resents their new tenant, but slowly ten-year-old Christoph comes to understand the genius of the man, the torment of his deafness and the beauty of his music.

A preview of Beethoven Lives Upstairs also is available online.

For more information contact The Children's Group, Inc.