Latest CD produced by jazz legend Donald Brown spent five weeks on the jazz charts.Īttended Stax Music Academy. and Alan Shutaro Maguire (b) who graduated Stax Music Academy when they moved to Memphis from Hong Kong. Japanese/American twins Carl Seitaro Maguire (ds). Now serving as Stax Music Academy Artist in Residence. Has performed with Mars on the MTV EMA’s, MTV VMA’s, Billboard Music Awards, Canada’s Much Music Awards, the GRAMMY’s, and Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show. Played on “UpTown Funk,” which was the Number One record in the world and won GRAMMYs for “Record of the Year” and “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance” and accompanying video was viewed over a billion times. Also former Digital Content Manager at The Madison Square Garden Company, Mikaela is now in artist support for DistroKid, and has engaged them as an SMA sponsor and conducted workshops so that our students learn more about music distribution.Īttended Stax Music Academy, University of Memphis, Moorehouse College, and New School for Jazz. Worked as Digital Marketing Manager at TIDAL in New York City after graduation. Graduate of the Stax Music Academy, Berklee College of Music, and Berklee Master’s program in Valencia, Spain. Toured with John Legend as his opening act in 2021. Established Stax Music Academy “Sing Kirby Sing” Scholarship in 2019 to assist with tuition for students who create original music. Kirby is first graduate to serve on the Soulsville Foundation Board of Directors. Has songwriting credits on songs by Kanye West, Rihanna, Demi Lovato, and Paul McCartney. Songwriter for Jay Z’s Roc Nation and recipient of ASCAP’s 2017 Women Behind the Music Award. King’s Blues Club in Orlando while pursuing career as solo artist. Rose to the Top Ten on NBC’s “The Voice” in 2015. Began work on second Master’s at Harvard University in January 2019 on full-tuition scholarship. Majored in criminal justice studies and now works for United States Department of Homeland Security. Earned Bachelor’s Degree from Brown University on full-tuition scholarship and Master’s from Florida State University on full-tuition scholarship. Jones’ 2019 LP Note by Note providing vocals with Joshua Ledet on Jones’ remake of “Cause I Love You,” the first song he played on at Satellite Records, which later became Stax Records.Īttended Stax Music Academy. Both are professional musicians traveling extensively throughout the world with the award-winning documentary “Take Me To The River” and performing with icons including William Bell, Bobby Rush, Hi Rhythm Section, while also performing locally at venues such as Lafayette’s Music Room and The Orpheum Theater. In 2021, had number one song on the Billboard Gospel Charts. Now living in Nashville signed to the Motown Gospel label. Lived in Los Angeles where she was a Republic Records recording artist. Winner of the first season of the Fox Network television show “The Four.” iHeartRadio’s On the Verge Artist 2018. We could tell you more about it, but we’d like to take this time to show you and ask for your support. We have provided intensive music education to thousands of young people since our founding and we are now watching our students grow up and do amazing things. The Stax Music Academy’s 20th anniversary was June 1, 2020.
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