"fearless in its vulnerability, and able to pull disparate musical genres into a cohesive whole without artifice."
-KC Metropolis
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 the Co-Founder and Executive Director of No Divide KC, an arts and advocacy non-profit that creates artistic events for social causes.
“Her unique musical style- is sometimes wry, sometimes puckish, sometimes raw, her lyrics poignant and crammed with her lived truths.”
“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
Stacy's work has been performed nationally and internationally. Stacy’s opera “She Breathes Fire” will premiere with City Lyric Opera in 2025. Other commissions for “She Breathes Fire” include Brooklyn Motion Capture Dance Ensemble and Owen/Cox Dance Group. Stacy composed the first double concerto for two drag queens titled “It’s For Us” commissioned by Mid America Freedom Band. Stacy has performed at Omaha Under the Radar, Electronic Sound Studios Chicago, InterUrban ArtHouse and Splice Electroacoustic Music Festival. She scored the documentary "The Ordinance Project" which premiered at the Kansas City LGBTQ Film festival, she composed and performed the music for “Collective: Our Stories of Cancer" commissioned by Gilda’s Club Kansas City and Owen/Cox Dance Group. Stacy's work has been featured at the University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, Western Michigan University and Central Michigan University. It has also been performed by ensembles including: Brooklyn Motion Capture Dance Ensemble, loadbang, Bent Frequency, Beo String Quartet and newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Lastly, performances at international residencies include Listhus Artist Residency in Iceland and ArtHouse Holland in The Netherlands.
Recently, Stacy was a finalist for the Pinnacle Prize, an award given to leaders under 45 who are committed to improving the quality of life for all Kansas Citians. 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 the National Endowment for the Arts, Mid America Arts Alliance 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.