"The heart of the American songwriter in all its basic glory." -- Independent Songwriter magazine, 2002

Stacy Glen Tibbetts is a seasoned songwriter and entertainer whose 2001 original CD release, Alleyways, has been called "an eclectic, intelligent blend." He has performed as a professional pit guitarist as well as a singer/songwriter, and his songs have been featured on folk radio in Pennsylvania, on rock radio in New England, and in Boston cabaret.

A graduate of Penn State and UMASS Amherst, Stacy holds bachelor's and master's degrees in English writing and a minor in classical music composition. He has studied jazz performance privately with guitarist Dave Klein and jazz theory and arranging at the university level with saxophonist and educator Dan Yoder. His teachers have included noted musical theatre composer Bruce Trinkley, playwright Lowell Manfull, and writing clinician Peter Elbow.

Stacy is a member of TRU, ASCAP, and NOMTI, Berklee College of Music's New Opera and Music Theatre Initiative writing workshop. He has presented several new theatre songs and contributed to revues both within and outside of that group. His song "(Not About to Be Your) Convenience Store" was featured in the Boston Centastage theatre company's "Boston Sings Boston" revue, with nine performances throughout March 2003.

Stacy has performed as a singer/songwriter at many noted Boston-area venues including the Kendall Cafe, Club Passim, The Cambridge Center for Adult Education (CCAE), The Center for the Arts at Natick (TCAN), and the Zeitgeist Gallery, sharing bills with local and regional songwriters and touring acts such as Dan Lawrence, Tom Bianchi, Red Velvet Slide, Duende, Manisha Shahane, Rachel McCartney, and Ron Murphy.

Stacy first began playing music professionally with the acoustic folk/rock group Driftwood in the club scene around Penn State University in 1994. High-energy performances of originals at venues such as Café 210 West, The Darkhorse, and legendary Irish pub The Phyrst earned the group a steady following and a feature spot at the 1997 Central PA Festival of the Arts.

From 1998 to 2000, Stacy worked as a guitarist in local pit orchestras and organized a series of benefit concerts of local songwriters, with proceeds going to Pennsylvania's Mid-State Literacy Council. He also performed as a solo singer-songwriter at venues ranging from Zeno's to Penn State's HUB Late-Night Series to the Acoustic Brew Coffeehouse, where he opened for guitarist Pat Donohue of A Prairie Home Companion fame in 1999.

Stacy currently teaches a weekly songwriting workshop at Penn State and performs at events and venues in Central PA. He is working on the score for his second book musical.

Contact Stacy at stacy@stacyglen.com or
230 E. Burnside Street, Bellefonte, PA 16823.

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