Dave Kinnoin

Music

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Dave Kinnoin is a nationally recognized children’s music artist and for over 30 years has been providing kids music shows and concerts to events across the United States.  His kids music programs always begin with a bang and keeps on poppin’!   Dave pours boundless energy and a sparkling love for kids into every song.  He and his audiences boldly dance in a world filled with gorillas and butterflies, stinky toes and runny noses, parents and siblings.  At a Dave Kinnoin concert kids audiences from preschools and libraries have a rousing good time.  He can even provide a band for larger concert performances!

Dave Kinnoin is one of the hardest-working artists in the children’s music business. As a Recording Artist on Song Wizard Records, he tours nationally to rave reviews and holds the coveted Parents’ Choice Gold Award.  He’s written hundreds of recorded songs for Disney, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, The Muppets, and Henson Productions including some of the world’s most recognizable children’s songs.

Music Injected Learning

Go with gusto on a journey through STEM using language arts and music with this acclaimed Muppets and Disney songwriter whose hundreds of songs have filled schools and homes for three decades.  The core curriculum learning goes along lickety-splitly as each of us strives to be an ACE (Adventurous and Colorful Expresser) as we describe ideas and innovations in science, technology, engineering, and math. Dave’s penchant for math causes him to give a little extra attention to such things as quickly multiplying by 99 in your head, figuring out the length of a hypotenuse, and triangulating when you want to take your boat back to a place you were before.  He leans toward the silly side, so jokes about.

Family Fun Concert with Dave Kinnoin

Veteran Muppets and Disney songwriter and multiple Parents’ Choice Gold Award-winning recording artist for children, Dave Kinnoin thrills families with fun, interactive songs and stories.  Everyone joins in the frivolity as we immerse ourselves in a joyful and wonderful world of singing, dancing, laughing, and learning.  Dave switches from keyboard to piano, sometimes with a backing track, and sings out with gusto. Amidst the silliness there are gentle nudges toward following The Golden Rule. Oh, yeah, Dave knows a LOT of jokes, so get your funny bone ready.

Earth’s Birthday: An Environmental Awareness Program

Dave Kinnoin “…makes environmental education come to life for children in a way that is engaging, magical, and meaningful”, according to Mary Hofstedt of The Earth’s Birthday Project.  He does this by singing and discussing songs from his multi-award-winning album, The Earth’s Birthday Sing-Along.  Songs range from silly (“look in your belly button—do you see a bug?” from Insect), to poignant (“…Gotta save the endangered species. There’s no time to hesitate. Gotta save the endangered species before it gets too late…” from Endangered Species) to wild (“…kids one and all know how to boogie, how to have a ball” from Looks Like a Party).  Kids are encouraged and empowered to enjoy and protect our planet as they sing, “…No job is too big, no action too small, for the care of the Earth is the task of us all…” (from The Care of the Earth).  Dave and the kids swing from once incredible, creative adventure to another with a banana in one hand and their imaginations in the other.  These songs not only educate about the rainforest and other habitats, but also instill the idea that we all need to be good stewards of our planet.

Sing Out for Our American Heroes

Young audiences sing-along to inspiring, original songs about Johnny Appleseed, the remarkably kind and generous planter of apple trees from Pennsylvania to the edge of the frontier; Harriet Tubman, the immensely strong and brave woman who built the network of anti-slavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad; and Helen Keller, who overcame deafness and blindness and taught millions of people to “keep your face to the sunshine… you won’t see the shadows fall” and many more American Heroes.

Create-A-Song: Music Nation Innovation

Music is the universal language.  A song is a story that we sing.  No matter who or where we are, no matter our circumstances, it is we who control the song-stories in our heads and hearts.  Veteran Muppets and Disney songwriter Dave Kinnoin travels with us through the untamed world of brand-new lyrics, melody, and rhythm that come to life under his guidance. Whether with keyboard, guitar, or handclaps, whether we sing, hum, use ASL, or grunt, no road is off limits, no thought or feeling too wild.  We’re a multicultural, bottomless bundle of possibilities eager to burst forth.  Dave and the kids joyfully let their hair down, break social and economic barriers, and sing and dance their stories with exuberance and abandon. Everyone learns that we are a vibrant team, rooting for each other, telling our stories, and having fun.

Preschool Fun

Dave and the little kids go on a wonderful, interactive, musical adventure. They sing the songs they know and love, and they also sing original, highly participatory songs that Dave writes. Dave is a silly, silly man who raised children of his own and who also remembers the antics of those who raised him.  He rolls it all up into a joyful, magical ball, and he and the kids bounce along with abandon and delight.

Good Character—Moral Courage Saves the Day

Learning about “doing the right thing everywhere all the time” could be a rather boring activity, but when Dave Kinnoin brings it to life with seven fun, interactive songs, the room explodes with enthusiasm and joy. Dave has a long, strong reputation for writing, producing, and singing inspirational songs that encourage children to be honorable even when it’s not convenient or costs more than they want to pay. This builds moral courage. Imagine a world where children and the rest of us truly follow The Golden Rule. That’s what respect is all about. Dave switches from keyboard to guitar, sometimes adding a backing track, and his unbridled zeal is infectious.  Also, he tells a lot of jokes! Children learn to carefully consider the consequences of their decisions and resolve to make themselves and others proud. We all end up with a better world.

All Mixed Up—Multiculturism and Diversity

With the song “All Mixed Up” and many others from around the world, Dave Kinnoin and the children learn about and celebrate our differences. These song lyrics represent the tone and substance of the program:

“My skin is a certain shade/ just because that’s the way I’m made./ I am different, but I’m not afraid./ Mine and all the others/ meet and make the colors/ All mixed up, and we’re doin’ okay./ All mixed up, and we’re happy that way./ We’re all kinds of people in one family./ All mixed up—you and me./

My legs don’t work, and so/ my four wheels take me where I go./ See me comin’ with a big hello./ Different methods let us/ move around and get us/ All mixed up…My heart is open, and there’s plenty of room./ Oh, my love is shinin’,/ And I’d like to believe friendship can bloom.” / Yes, friendship can bloom!