MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The coronavirus pandemic is not stopping a local music school from teaching and educating people on Memphis’ music history. Students of the Stax Music Academy have moved from in-person classes to online. “The students were so excited to come back and have classes in this forum after having spring break and not […]
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Starting Monday, Stax Music Academy (SMA) is expanding its virtual practice classes to all students across Memphis. SMA has been holding virtual classes with academy students since Monday, from music lessons to theory, and ensemble practices. The academy will put sample music lessons on their website starting Monday so that all […]
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Our Vision: Stax Music Academy exists to nurture and present the next generation of great Soul Communicators from the greater Soulsville region, holistically equipping them to excel and to impact the world through the universal language of music. In light of the current state the world and our community is in, we believe that vision […]
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In 2019, Stax Music Academy garnered national attention when Levi’s and Justin Timberlake generously donated a brand new, state-of-the-art songwriting lab. It happened again in December when Ellen Degeneres invited students from the music academy to be guest performers on her show, The Greatest Night of Giveaways, and gave one Stax Music Academy student a cash […]
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