Stacy Garrop

Composer Stacy Garrop writes music in many genres, with a storytelling streak connecting much of her output. She has had works commissioned by major U.S. performing organizations. In 2000, Garrop joined the faculty at Roosevelt University in Chicago. She remained there until 2016, resigning then in order to pursue full-time composition. Garrop's music, she wrote on her website, "is centered on dramatic and lyrical storytelling." Well over 25 of Garrop's compositions had been recorded by the mid-2020s, including her oratorio Terra Nostra, which appeared on an album released in 2024.