Kadesh Flow & Dinosaur O'Dell present 'Sunflower State: A Musical Journey Through Kansas'
January 5, 2027 - May 31, 2027 | 45-minute live performance
Program Cost: $500 and can accommodate up to 200 students. Full scholarships and discounts available.
Grades 2-5
Explore histories of Kansas with rapper-trombonist Kadesh Flow and guitarist-storyteller Dinosaur O’Dell. Kadesh and Dino travel along the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, sharing original songs and interactive stories of adventure, discovery, and resilience.
From the Kanza people to the Underground Railroad, to the joys and challenges faced by those who built their lives in this region, this is an exploration of the great state of Kansas. This performance was created in partnership with the Kansas Studies Institute.
Dinosaur O’Dell
Whether counting monsters, fixing spaceships or swimming in peanut butter, Dino has engaged children with music and stories for more than 20 years. He has performed over 3,000 shows for schools, libraries, art galleries, festivals, parks and education conferences. He leads drumming and songwriting workshops and is a former elementary and preschool music teacher. He won the 2014 Lighton Prize for Teaching Artist Excellence and is a sought-after workshop facilitator and keynote speaker.
Dino has collaborated for over a decade with arts-education organizations like Kansas City Young Audiences and St. Louis’ Springboard to Learning. He has been a featured guest artist with Arts for Learning Virginia and Wichita Young Audiences. He is a frequent workshop collaborator and performer at the Evergreen School in Seattle and has worked for years with the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City, where he created an author presentation for early readers.
Dino has released three award-winning CDs and a children’s book, “Zar and the Broken Spaceship.” His mission is to create engaging, educational content through music and stories.
Kadesh Flow
"A propulsive emcee, a bold songwriter, a skilled trombonist, an auspicious producer and an enterprising artist." —90.9 The Bridge
Kadesh Flow is a rapper with an MBA, a trombone Super Saiyan, and a Billboard Chart recording/ performing artist. He has played trombone on tracks with hip-hop stars like Jidenna, underground stalwarts like Strange Music's Ubiquitous and JL and has opened as direct support for superstars like Janelle Monae and hip-hop legends such as Rakim and Tech N9ne.