Auditions for the Stax Music Academy’s 2019-2020 SNAP! After School program will be held July 23-25. The after school program offers vocal and instrumental ensembles, audio engineering and sound production classes, spoken word, and all students will study music theory, songwriting, marketing, and other aspects of what it takes to become a successful adult through […]
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Living Blues, the oldest blues magazine in the United States, takes a look at how the Stax Music Academy is carrying classic soul and blues into the future for generations to come, performing in locations like Australia, Italy, France, England, Germany, New York City, Clarksdale, Mississippi; New Orleans, and more. Workshops with artists such as […]
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The Stax Music Academy began programming on June 1, 2000 in the lunchroom of Stafford Elementary School before it even had a building with 125 young children who were treated by lessons and workshops by the likes of Stax icons Rufus and Carla Thomas. Now, almost 20 years later, it’s amazing to see the successes […]
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This week the national/international Soul Tracks online magazine looks at how Stax Music Academy is now watching its graduates grow up into successful adults. Not only are they doing amazing things all over the world, but they are coming back to help our current students in some amazing ways, including SMA graduate Kirby Dockery, who […]
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