Stacey went on to participate in the Bridgeport Youth Symphony where she performed as flute soloist in Italy.  Additional performing groups included the Norwalk Youth Symphony, All-Connecticut Band, and the All-Eastern Band, under the direction of Frederick Fennell.  She majored in Music at Western CT State University, where she won the Silvermine Guild's Young Artist Competition, and graduated cum laude.  Her college career culminated in a trip to Norway, performing on piccolo with the New England Collegiate Band Association Wind Ensemble, the sole ensemble representing the United States at the first annual Conference of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. 

After College, Stacey joined the Norwalk Symphony, gave many solo and chamber performances throughout Connecticut, attended master classes with James Galway and Julius Baker, and taught flute privately in Norwalk. In addition to performing with the SCCB, Stacey serves as assistant principal flutist with the Connecticut Symphonic Band, has held the principal chair with the American Festival Band and Troupers Light Opera Company. She also plays in various woodwind ensembles throughout New Haven and Fairfield counties, and is leader of the Candlewood Chamber Players.  Stacey is a Marketing Manager with British Telecom, and mother to a wonderful son who studies astronomy and plays the trumpet.   “It’s great to be back in the band after all these years, with my father, just how I started.   The enjoyment of music brings the group together, and keeps us all coming back!”