Recording Arts as Reengagement, Social Justice and Pathway — from gettingsmart.com
Key Points
- After a successful career as a recording artist, David “TC” Ellis created Studio 4 in St. Paul to spot budding music stars.
- It became a hangout spot for creative young people, most of whom had “dropped out of school due to boredom and a sense that school wasn’t relevant to their lives and dreams.”
- Ellis and colleagues then opened the High School for Recording Arts in 1998.