Dan Flannery, a MFA Intermedia student, awarded two Children's Music Web Awards for 2008

Posted November 20, 2008

Dan Flannery, a MFA Intermedia student has been awarded two Children's Music Web Awards for 2008.  Dan is currently pursuing his Intermedia degree with a focus on exploring new ways to present abstract concepts, stories, and information to children through a variety of interactive media.

Dan has worked in the field of children's media since 2001 when he began writing and producing music for a children's hip-hop project called MeeWee.  MeeWee is designed to provide children of the hip-hop generation with positive, educational music. To date, it has been successfully integrated into hundreds of school programs across the country. The album, "MeeWee: Hip Hop for Kids" was recently released and just won Best Album for School Aged Children in the 2008 Children's Music Web Awards. 

His latest record, "Show Me How You Dance" is a collection of animal inspired dance songs, and aims to help kids develop a strong sense of self while having fun and enjoying music. After learning a wide array of animal dances, listeners demonstrate how a person dances by performing their own unique moves. A track from this album, "The Crab Walk" won Best Song for School Aged Children in the 2008 Children's Music Web Awards.