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Beethoven, Berlioz, Stravinsky — these guys were crazy revolutionaries! I knew if I could get kids curious, they would be hooked. And they are! They realize that the music is rebellious, deep, magnificent beyond conventional imagination. After the premiere of Phineas McBoof Crashes the Symphony, a teacher told me that kids walked in not caring about classical music and walked out thinking that anyone who thinks kids can’t handle classical music is uncool.