Music Department
Lecturer, Bassoon
Contact Information
Email: stephainebusby@gmail.com
Office Phone: 508-793-2333
Biography
Stephanie Busby is a freelance bassoonist in the Boston area and has performed professionally throughout New England, as well as in Mexico and Italy. She has performed as a bassoonist and contrabassoonist with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, among others. In addition to teaching at Holy Cross, Ms. Busby is on the applied music faculty at UMass Lowell, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Salem State University, Clark University, Indian Hill Music School, and the Instrumental Music School of Carlisle and Concord. She attended Boston University where she earned both a Bachelor of Music degree in Bassoon Performance and Music History and Literature and a Master of Music degree in performance. Her primary teachers were Matthew Ruggiero and Richard Plaster. For several summers, Ms. Busby has traveled to Italy to perform and to study at the Sebino Summer Class and Festival.