Sting, Inc.

Steering Triumphant Innovators of the Next Generation

  • Home
  • About
    • Executive Director
    • Board of Directors
    • In Memoriam
  • Blog
  • Projects
    • College Tours
  • Volunteer
  • Sponsors
  • Gallery
    • 2016 Spring College Tour
  • Press
  • Donate
  • Contact

STING, Inc’s Khalil Payne Headed to Carnegie Hall!

January 22, 2020 by StingInc

The first time 16-year-old Khalil Payne picked up a cello, he says he felt an instant connection.

“You could say it’s almost like another world. When I start playing, I actually feel the music,” he said. “Because it’s one thing to just play an instrument, and it’s another to make and feel music.”

Last year, as a freshman at Cobb County’s McEachern High School, the cello took Payne to one of the world’s most famous stages.  With several classmates, he performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, through the Honors Performance Series. Payne said getting the news that he’d been chosen for the trip was the happiest he’d ever been — and if he was happy, Nadine Payne was ecstatic.

“Lord, tears started streaming down my face. I couldn’t believe, I had to turn around and look. I said, ‘Oh my God, we’re really here,’” she says.

Congratulations Kahlil!

Read the full article about Kahlil Payne’s amazing journey on Fox 5 Atlanta.

Filed Under: Blog, News

Social

  • View stinginc/?fref=ts’s profile on Facebook

Recent Posts

College Funding Stories, Tips and Scholarship Lists

Coming Soon, the first edition of"College Funding Stories, Tips and Scholarship Lists"by Geneva Vanderhorst, Executive … [Read More...]

Winner of the 2020 Cobb NAACP "MLK Living The Dream Award"

Winner of the 2020 Cobb NAACP “MLK Living The Dream Award”

… [Read More...]

News

Blog

Line Dance Jamboree 2019

2019 Line Dance Jamboree

STING, Inc. Nonprofit Youth Program in Collaboration with The Galleria Divas Line Dance Group is sponsoring a Line Dance Jamboree Date:Saturday, February 23, 2018 Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Location: Osborne High School Cafeteria2451 Favor Rd SW, Marietta, GA 30060 (map) Tickets are $15 … [Read More...]

More Posts from the Blog

Steering Triumphant Innovators of the Next Generation

Copyright © 2021 · Sting, Inc. · All rights reserved.

This is a carbon-neutral site powered by 100% clean, renewable energy. Green hosting by GreenDreamWeb.

Return to top of page