Stacey Fox (born June 21, 1965) is an American transdisciplinary artist, animator,

percussionist A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

, composer and filmmaker. Fox is a professor at

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

in the School of Journalism under the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

Education

Fox graduated in 1983 from Saratoga Springs High School, Saratoga Springs, NY. Fox was a student of percussionist James Peterscak and conductor Timothy Topolevski at the

Crane School of Music The Crane School of Music is located in Potsdam, New York, and is one of three schools which make up the State University of New York (SUNY) at Potsdam. Crane consists of approximately 630 undergraduate and 30 graduate students and a facult ...

State University of New York at Potsdam The State University of New York at Potsdam (SUNY Potsdam or simply Potsdam) is a public college in Potsdam (village), New York, Potsdam, New York, United States. Founded in 1816, it is the northernmost member of the State University of New Yo ...

, where she received her

Bachelor of Music A Bachelor of Music (BMus; sometimes conferred as Bachelor of Musical Arts) is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of a program of study in music. The degree may be awarded for performance, music ed ...

in Music Education and Master of Music in Solo Performance - Percussion. Fox later attended post-graduate studies in Solo Performance at

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is o ...

Career

Fox's creative and educational works have been funded by institutions such as American Composers Forum, and

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...

, Arts International, Doris Duke Charitable Trust, Fulbright-Hays (3), Gates Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Kauffman Foundation, The Walt Disney Company, Knight Foundation, NYFA, NYSCA, National Endowment for the Arts-Challenge America (NEA), Kennedy Centers Partners in Education, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Dart Foundation, Institution Museum Library Science (2), Rockefeller Foundation, Target Foundation, Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Department of State. Her works have been created for - and experienced - in numerous venues, including Belarus Philharmonic, National Museum of the American Indian, Cincinnati Symphony & Pops Orchestras, Google Cultural Museum, Omaha Nation Pow Wow Celebration, Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, Sundance Channel, Second Life, Open Sim, St. Marks Church-NYC, Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum, American Dance Festival, Gifu Performing Arts Center-Japan, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Southwest Dance Festival, National Museum of Natural History, National Museum of Dance, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Skopje Summer Festival – Macedonia, Olympolis Arts Media Festival Greece. and the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery. She is currently Wizard-in-Residence in the School of Journalism at Michigan State University. Fox is also affiliated with Knight Center for Environmental Journalism. She is a member of the

Recording Academy National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. (NARAS), doing business as The Recording Academy, is an American learned academy of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other musical professionals. It is widely known for its Gramm ...

, and has collaborated as Senior Educational Design Technology Adviser and Lead Artist on projects for the Smithsonian Institution and represented the United States as an Artist Ambassador performing and teaching in various countries through the invitation of the U.S Department of States' Performing Arts Initiative Program.

Discography

:''Entries without year listed have unidentified release dates''

Filmography

:''This list is incomplete'' *''Chuang Tzu’s Pow-Wow Drum'' — film *''Children of the Wakarusa'' — film *''Balls'' — film component *''New Dawn Native Dancers'' — film *''Hidden Pools'' — multimedia work *''Cultivating Stillness'' — film

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Stacey Michigan State University faculty 1965 births Living people American percussionists Musicians from New York (state) 21st-century American composers American mixed-media artists Filmmakers from New York (state) American animators 21st-century American women composers