Sara Mazanec is an Otis Redding Foundation All-Star. Although just 17 years old, she has been writing songs for some years now. Still, something was missing. Mazanec credits the Otis Redding Music Camp, which she began attending a few years ago, with helping her find a community, discover her voice and gain the confidence to grow as an artist.
“I had liked music before, but now music is my life, and it is what I wanna do, and I’m just so inspired by this place and the people in it,” said Mazanec.
The camp is a program of the Otis Redding Center for the Arts (ORCA) and it’s been transforming the lives of children and teens across Central Georgia and beyond through music and arts education.
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