04/25/2026
M@SA hosted Lovell Bradford, jazz musician and educator at the Ada Jenkins LEARN Works on April 23, 2026. LEARN Works is a thriving after school academic program. Lovell was accompanied by 5 young artists who performed and demonstrated the sounds of their instruments, including the guitar, bass, sax, keyboard, drums ad cymbals, Lovell described different genres of jazz as the musicians displayed their instruments. Their jazz rendition of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” brought 82 elementary school students to the feet as they sang and danced. By the end of the activity, the seeds of finding joy in music were planted.