Stacy Busch

Composer/Performer

 Press Kit

“HER UNIQUE MUSICAL STYLE- IS SOMETIMES WRY, SOMETIMES PUCKISH, SOMETIMES RAW, HER LYRICS POIGNANT AND CRAMMED WITH HER LIVED TRUTHS.”

-KC STUDIO

"FEARLESS IN ITS VULNERABILITY, AND ABLE TO PULL DISPARATE MUSICAL GENRES INTO A COHESIVE WHOLE WITHOUT ARTIFICE."

-KC METROPOLIS

“AN EXQUISITE BEAT MAKER, WITH AN INQUISITIVE EAR AND ASTUTE FACILITY WITH A COMPLICATED SYNTH SET UP OF KEYBOARD, PERCUSSION, VOICE, AND COMPUTER.”

-KC STUDIO

SHORT BIO

Stacy Busch is a composer/performer who utilizes her voice with electronics to build unique sound worlds. Her work is a meeting point between art pop, avant-classical and singer-songwriter.

Stacy is a 2022 OneBeat Virtual Fellow for Global Music Leaders and she received the 2020 Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Artist Award. Stacy has received grants from Mid America Arts Alliance, Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund, ArtsKC, ArtSounds, Charlotte Street Foundation and the UMKC Women's Council. Stacy received her MM in composition from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and her BM in composition from Western Michigan University.

AWARDS & Achievements

  • 2023 NEA/MAAA Artistic Innovations Grant Recipient

  • 2023 Pinnacle Prize Finalist

  • 2022 OneBeat Virtual International Fellow for Global Music Leaders

  • 2022 ArtHouse Holland Resident

  • 2020 ArtsKC Award Ceremony Featured Performer

  • 2020 Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Artist Award

Photos

TOP SONGS: Art Pop

All music composed, produced and performed by Stacy Busch

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All music composed, produced and performed by Stacy Busch