MTC Kids Jam – 'Universal Groove: Music and Stories from Space' with Kadesh Flow, Dinosaur O’Dell, and the Jazz Astronauts
The MTC Kids Jam concert series is specially designed with families in mind! Join us in the MTC lobby at 10 a.m. for art activities, followed by an hour-long concert with an acclaimed children’s musician.
Blast off on an interactive journey through our solar system! Dinosaur and Kadesh sing and rap about constellations, solar eclipses, and space aliens in this interactive and musical science show.
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 more than 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.