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12-year old Stax Music Academy student lands contract with Metropolitan Opera

Posted on August 3, 2021August 19, 2021 by Tim Sampson

MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 2021 — When the pandemic forced the cancellation of Opera Memphis’s much anticipated “Beale Street Boheme,” which would have featured a chorus of youngsters from the Stax […]
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Pop Culture Icon KESHA signs original “Praying” artworks and signed limited-edition prints to support Stax Music Academy

Posted on June 25, 2021September 4, 2021 by Tim Sampson

Singer, songwriter, actress, popular podcast host, and all-round pop culture icon Kesha has teamed up with the London, UK/Austin, Texas-based Soundwaves Art Foundation to help raise funds for the nonprofit […]
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Justin Timberlake ‘proud’ of Stax Music Academy students as 2021 mentorship program ends

Posted on June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 by Tim Sampson

Bob Mehr Memphis Commercial Appeal This week, Justin Timberlake was back in Memphis — at least via computer — as he video conferenced into a workshop with students of the […]
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Justin Timberlake grooves along as Stax students present ‘Lab’ results

Posted on June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 by Tim Sampson

By Chris Herrington, Daily MemphianUpdated: June 17, 2021 10:10 PM CT | Published: June 17, 2021 8:17 PM CT Justin Timberlake worked with a group of Stax Music Academy students […]
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