Ken Steorts is the founder and president of Visible Music College in Memphis, Tennessee and founding guitarist of the Grammy-nominated band Skillet.
12 Facts About Ken Steorts
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Ken Steorts was born at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California to Lt.
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In 1985, during a snowstorm on Tutweiler Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, Ken Steorts became a Christian and was baptized soon after at Lindenwood Christian Church.
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Ken Steorts then discovered the world of Christian music through his time at what is Cornerstone Community Church in Memphis.
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Shortly before the band began recording for their third album, Invincible, Ken Steorts left the band to be with his family and launch Visible Music College, a modern music ministry college located in Memphis, and Kevin Haaland joined the band as their new guitarist.
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Ken Steorts personally recruited 21 students to the program in the summer of 2000, before the school existed in physical form.
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Visible School was created in the spring of 2000, after Ken Steorts, founding guitarist of the Christian rock band Skillet, had left the band to travel to Coventry, England to view a Christian music college resembling the idea of Visible School.
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Ken Steorts has served on the Board of Governors of the Memphis chapter of The Recording Academy, is a former officer, and was pleased to present Grammy participation certificates to his former bandmates in Skillet in May 2005 and be on hand as Skillet was nominated for a Grammy at the 50th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in 2008.
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Ken Steorts is a member of the Gospel Music Association and a regular participant in the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce.
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Ken Steorts is a regular supporter of the arts in Memphis, from dance to music to visual art.
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Ken Steorts is a 2013 Visionary Award winner, presented by the Downtown Memphis Commission.
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Ken Steorts is married and lives in Memphis with the couple's two sons.