ArtsMemphis has announced a new round of grant distributions totaling close to $1 million, introduced new Board leadership and appointees, welcomed a new Chief Financial Officer, and released new data on the state of the arts. New Grant Distributions ArtsMemphis has granted $2.2 million this past year to 64 arts organizations and hundreds of artists. Today, […]
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Stax Music Academy mourns the loss of instructor Tim Goodwin
The Stax Music Academy is saddened to report the loss of its Teaching Coach and Bass Instructor, longtime Memphis musician Tim Goodwin. Tim was very active in the recording industry and performed across the United States as a bassist. He performed with numerous jazz artists including Lee Konitz, George Colemen, Pepper Adams, Art Farmer, Michele […]
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Stax Music Academy launches 2021 #MusicMustContinue fundraising campaign to assist students with tuition
MEMPHIS, AUGUST – The Stax Music Academy (SMA) kicks off its annual #MusicMustContinue August/September fundraising campaign this month to raise $50,000 to close the tuition gap for students who apply and qualify for financial aid to attend SMA. The true cost for the work we do is $10,000 per year per student for music education […]
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12-year old Stax Music Academy student lands contract with Metropolitan Opera
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 Music Academy, McCleave Directing Fellow Bethania Baray chose to see it as an opportunity to explore opera more deeply by developing a class at Stax, […]
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