His guest appearances abroad have included solo performances with Leipzig's
Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the Bournemouth
Sinfonietta, La Sinfonica Municipal in Caracas, recitals in England, and a
broadcast recital on Swedish radio. He has also given recitals in New York
(thought to be the city's first English horn recital), Boston, Los Angeles,
Atlanta, Baltimore, and Salt Lake City (in that city's Tabernacle), as well
as on a performance series throughout the U.S. - often performing on oboe,
oboe d'amore, and English horn.
Stacy has been profiled on CBS Sunday Morning, where he was compared to
Segovia and Rampal as a pioneer soloist, as well as on NPR's All Things
Considered. He also was interviewed and performed three times on CBS
This Morning.
He has given the world premieres of more than 25 new works. Among the
composers who have written works specifically for him are Gunther Schuller
(on commission from the National Endowment for the Arts), Vincent
Persichetti, Sydney Hodkinson, Kenneth Fuchs, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski,
Bernard Hoffer, Calvin Hampton, Gardner Read, Samuel Adler, and Peteris
Vasks. In January 1994, Stacy was soloist in the world premiere of Ned
Rorem's English Horn Concerto, a work created especially for him as one of
the New York Philharmonic's 150th Anniversary Commissions. The
following summer Stacy was soloist in performances of the Rorem concerto
conducted by Kurt Masur on the Philharmonic's Asian Tour. As a best-selling
crossover recording artist, Stacy has shown his musical versatility by
combining the sensuous sound of the English horn with synthesizers, guitars,
and percussion on two CDs from London's nu-view Label.
Stacy is on the major faculty of the Juilliard School and was recently
appointed to the oboe faculty at Mannes College of Music. He has presented
master classes at schools across the nation and abroad. He is the founder
of the Stacy Seminar, which is attended by English horn players from around
the world. The 22nd Stacy Seminar will be held in Carmel Valley,
California, in August 2000.
The most recorded English hornist in the world, Stacy has recorded on the
CBS Masterworks, London, Spectrum, Deutsche Grammophon, Catalyst,
Grenadilla, Phoenix, Albany, and CRI labels. His most recent CD releases
are titled Thomas Stacy/Three Concerti, available from New World
Records, and New York Legends, available from Cala Records.
Tom grew up in Augusta, Arkansas-population 3,000. While in junior high
school, he sold his motorcycle in order to buy his first English horn. He
graduated from the Eastman School of Music with Distinction, and received
the George Eastman Scholarship, presented by the faculty for distinguished
achievement in all areas of study.
