Giving Voice
A recent Auckland, NZ transplant from New York City, I devote my work to singing, artistry, and education.
Like most people I work with, I am a “hybrid.” I’m an educator, a singer, a music director, a voice teacher, and a goofy lover of hiking, ridiculous songs, and my sweet dog.
With joy, I have spent much of my life learning how to reflect on myself as a teacher, artist, and person and find myself fervently engaged in quiet activism. I find purpose and immense gratitude in my life as a musician and educator; for it is through art and education that we learn about ourselves, to be with one another, to struggle with our own thinking, and to reflect on who we are - or, at least, to continue to grow in who we want to become. And although this life may not be loud, it is steady, and it affects lasting change.
Music Making
Solo singing
Lindsey is a versatile coloratura soprano who loves to sing in a variety of styles, especially musical theatre and Mozart and Richard Strauss. Until recently, you could hear her most frequently in New York City and the surrounding areas with Immersion Repertory. She now sings around Auckland, NZ, including with Auckland Choral.
music direction and theatre
Lindsey has directed and music directed musicals such as Waitress at Rochester Civic Theatre and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown at Adelphi University. She spent several years directing and music directing at Bronxville Middle School and music directed Immersion Youth Repertory’s summer programs from 2016-2021. As a co-founder of the program, she was thrilled to work with such a talented team of educators and students!
choral singing
Lindsey sings with Auckland Choral and sang for 3 seasons with Musica Viva NY under the direction of Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, presenting three concerts each season and with St. Joseph’s in Bronxville, NY. Previously, she has sung with the National Chorale, The Phoenix Quartet, Central City Chorus, and Umbrian Serenades (conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt). Additionally, she has been a ringer in several groups around the city.
K-12 Education
Lindsey currently teaches K-5 general music and chorus in Scarsdale, NY. As a tenured teacher, she is passionate about including multiple types of musical experiences in her classroom as well as infusing mindfulness and social emotional learning into the curriculum.
Integral Voice Works
Lindsey’s company focuses on teaching singing through contemplative education & mindfulness. Integral Voice Works is the platform for these workshops & teacher training. It also allows her to work with teachers in K-12 classrooms to integrate Social Emotion Learning into the general music and choral classrooms.
immersion repertory
Lindsey and her collaborator Esha Datta co-founded Immersion Repertory as a professional, NYC-based branch of Immersion Youth Repertory. Immersion Repertory addresses contemporary social issues through innovative musical and theatrical programming. Immersion combines artistic ingenuity, philosophical questions derived from contemporary issues, and education.
research interests
Lindsey’s interests include contemplative and mindfulness education as applied in the voice studio (including psychology and brain science), social-emotional learning, diversifying musical ways of knowing in classrooms, emotion and the voice. Her dissertation research addresses contemplative and mindfulness education as applied in the voice studio.
“The arts, it has been said, cannot change the world, but they may change human beings who might change the world.”