The Stax Music Academy is now accepting audition requests for the 2019-2020 SNAP After School Program and its 2020 June Summer Music Experience. The ensembles in the SNAP After School program include: Stax Music Academy Rhythm Section, Stax Music Academy Junior Rhythm Section, Stax Jazz Ensemble, Stax Vocal Jazz, Street Corner Harmonies, Premier Percussionists, Stax […]
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Interested music students! The Stax Music Academy After School program starts very soon and we want to make sure you know we are offering BEGINNER LESSONS in piano! We also offer audio engineering and production classes for non musicians who want to learn to work behind the scenes! Contact Bria Brown to set up an […]
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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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