Lish Lindsey is a NYC flutist freelancing in the tri-state area. She has performed in the United States, China, and England. Performance venues include Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center (NYC), Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater and Commonwealth Plaza (Philadelphia), New Jersey State Theatre, Trenton War Memorial, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and others.
Lish has been serving as principal flutist with the Pottstown Symphony since the 2008-2009 season. Live Pottstown performances (as piccoloist) were broadcast on Philadelphia's WHYY radio (Showcase) in October 2005, October 2006, and February 2007. Current season concerts are listed at pottstownsymphony.org.
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Lish can be found performing with the Lancaster and Harrisburg Symphonies, the Riverside Symphonia, the Masterworks Choir and Orchestra, Center City Opera Theater, Video Games Live Orchestra, and Orchestra Society of Philadelphia. She recently toured with the Strauss Symphony of America and performed at Avery Fisher Hall @ Lincoln Center (NYC), Kennedy Center (DC), Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater and Commonwealth Plaza (Philadelphia) and NJ State Theatre. Lish also performs with the Orchestra Society of Philadelphia under the direction of Jack Moore and various guest conductors. She is the flutist with the wind quintet 5 for Dinner and Play By Heart Ensemble.
Lish was a finalist/runner up in the Opera Company of Philadelphia's auxiliary flute/piccolo audition in 2007 and won a flute/piccolo position with the Rome Festival Orchestra in 2004 which selects musicians and singers via international audition. Lish was a scholarship recipient to the C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival and the International FAME Festival.
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Lish is piccoloist with the Eastern Wind Symphony and has performed on at least 14 CDs of wind music over the past 7 years. She was involved with the last cd project composer Alfred Reed recorded and conducted prior to his passing and was a soloist in the most recent release, Wind Tableaux. Lish also has ties with the Wind Symphony of Southern NJ, the Tri County Wind Symphony, and the Cumberland County Wind Symphony.
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Contemporary/new music performances were with New Music and Dance Ensemble and New Music Repertoire Ensemble at New York University. (Lish is always looking for new projects that embrace new ideas and ways of hearing/viewing music! Email if you have something interesting that needs a flute!)
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Lish has studied with Julius Baker, Dr. Brad Garner, David DiGiacobbe, Dr. Dent Williamson, David Ancker, and Ronna Ayscue. Additional lessons were taken with Keith Underwood, Jeff Khaner, David Cramer, and Adeline Tomasone. Quintet and chamber coaching were with Matt Sullivan, Roger McKinney, George Balog, Vanita Jones, Alan Gilbert, and Haewon Kim.
Lish was selected via audition to perform at two master classes (piccolo with Stephanie Mortimore and flute with Leone Buyse) sponsored by the New York Flute Club at the New York Flute Fair. Lish also performed in the Steve Tanzer piccolo master class sponsored by the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia. Other master classes include performances for Goran Marcusson, Jill Felber, Jeff Khaner, Sandy Church, Philippe Pierlot, Nobataka Shimizu, Keith Underwood and others. Julius Baker personally invited Lish to attend his master classes in CT which she attended as a performer during two summers. Lish was also selected as a performer at the Cincinnati Flute Symposium.
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As a teacher Lish is on the faculty at the Bronx House School of Performing Arts, Paramus Community Music School, is a teacher for Musical Associates in Manhattan and teaches privately in New York and New Jersey. She is the adjunct flute professor at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA and director of their flute ensemble. Please visit lishlindsey.com for lesson information. She has been teaching since 1999 and is a proud member of AFM Local 77.
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Video Games Live 09's Zelda segment recorded live in Verizon Hall, Philadelphia. This arrangement has a beautiful flute and oboe (George Corbett) section in the middle and you can see me in the two side screens at one point. Very funny.
Another Zelda segment from VGL '09 at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. The oboist this time is Mark Snyder. The conductor for their performances all over the world is Jack Wall.
Mash up of the NYC show. Here are some time stamps: Costume contest :37, Kingdom Hearts (go winds!) 2:16, Laura Intravia as Flute Link 4:00.
Mario Brothers (very mellow), Video Game Pianist 3:00, Final Fantasy VII: One Winged Angle 3:20, Castlevania 5:17, Megaman 6:20.
