Memphis Jazz Workshop
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MJW in the News
February 6,2024
Memphis Symphony Orchestra Announces the
2024 EDDY Award Winner, Stephen Lee
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2024 EDDY AWARD – Stephen M. Lee, the Founder/Artistic and Executive Director of The Memphis Jazz Workshop. The award is established by the Circle of Friends, a philanthropy initiative that embraces a mission to be an instrument of intentional inclusion in the performing arts. The award will be presented at the Masterworks Concert on April 27th at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts. Steve Lee is an accomplished jazz musician whose talent, passion, and leadership have made a transformative contribution to the vibrancy of the community’s cultural center. By intentionally including middle and high school students from different races and life experiences in music intensives, he and his well-versed teachers give these youth unparalleled guidance in experiential learning. Memphis Jazz Workshop is nurturing some of the city’s most talented young people in the performing arts. They focus on discipline, work ethic, music education, and mastery. Steve Lee and his team cultivate the future of jazz by preparing the next generation to move music forward.
Daily Memphian June 30,2020
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Memphis Flyer June 17, 2020
Memphis Jazz Workshop keeps the Jazz Flame Burning
Memphis Flyer February, 2018
The Memphis Jazz Workshop: A Q&A with Founder Steve Lee
Local Memphis Live:
LIVE AT MEMPHIS JAZZ WORKSHOP
MEMPHIS JAZZ WORKSHOP passionately believes the Bluff City needs a revival — especially when it comes to jazz music. LET’S ALL ENJOY THE EMOTIONAL RHYTHM FROM THE TALENTED STUDENTS WITH MEMPHIS JAZZ WORKSHOP.