Past, Present & Future | Stax Music Academy

By Darel Snodgrass

Published March 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM CST

Stax Music Academy is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with a show titled "Past, Present & Future" at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Memphis on Friday, March 28. Two additional free shows for Title 1 schools will also be presented at 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

Darel Snodgrass talks with Soulsville Foundation President and CEO Pat Mitchell Worley about this exciting concert event celebrating 25 years of uplifting young musicians at Stax Music Academy.

Performance Details:
Date: Friday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Cannon Center for the Performing Arts (255 N. Main St.)
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Darel Snodgrass

I began piano lessons at age 6, trumpet at age 9, and began teaching myself the guitar at 10. My electronics knowledge comes from my father, who had the RCA television and stereo shop in my hometown of Pocahontas, Arkansas for nearly 20 years. My dad is still fixing televisions at age 79.

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