About Lindsey Goodman
Lindsey Goodman “is one of the most electrifying, imaginative, and important voices in contemporary flute music today. Long celebrated for her gorgeous sound, masterful musicality, and visionary programming, Goodman continues to expand the boundaries of what the flute can say — and how boldly it can say it.” (The Flute View)
A charismatic soloist, recording artist, chamber collaborator, orchestral performer, educator, and clinician,Ms. Goodman made her sold-out Carnegie Hall debut in Weill Recital Hall, earning three curtain calls and a standing ovation. Her solo and chamber concerts, masterclasses, and presentations have been enthusiastically received at Lincoln Center, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Google headquarters, the Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone podcast, Eastman School of Music, University of Cincinnati College–Conservatory of Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, several National and Canadian Flute Association conventions, and throughout China.
Ms. Goodman maintains active teaching studios of flutists grades six through adults in Pickerington, Ohio, Charleston, West Virginia, and virtually across North America. Her students have won honorable mention in the National Flute Association's Adult Amateur Competition, won the Northeastern Ohio Flute Association’s High School Soloist Competition, the Dublin Community Bands Youth Solo Competition, and PANdemonium4's Virtual Ohio Flute Competition High School Division. Ms. Goodman's students have performed on the West Virginia State Honors Recital, and have earned positions in the Heisey Wind Ensemble, Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) All-State Band, West Virginia Music Education Association (WVMEA) High School and Middle School All-State Bands, West Virginia Youth Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Youth Symphonic Band, OMEA South-Eastern Regional Orchestra, Ohio State University Honors Band, Capital University Honors Band, Ohio University Honors Band, Marshall University Honors Band (WV), Capital University Junior Winds, Capital University Cadet Band, Ohio State University Middle School Honors Band, Ohio University Honors Flute Choir, Fairfield All-County High School and Junior High Bands, and OMEA District 15 Middle School Band.
Ms. Goodman's students have attended the Wildacres Flute Retreat, Ohio State University Flute Workshop, Capital University Winds and Percussion Camp, Ohio University Band Camp, Bowling Green State University Flute Camp, and Otterbein University Flute Choir Day, Ms. Goodman's students regularly hold first chair, piccolo, and leadership positions in their high school and junior high concert and marching bands, and they have gone on to study music at Ohio, Miami (OH), Capital (OH), Youngstown State (OH), and Ohio Wesleyan Universities and the University College London (UK) on talent scholarships. Studio graduates proudly work as music educators in nine K -12 school districts and as arts administrators in Ohio, West Virginia, and South Carolina. Additionally, Ms. Goodman’s students have earned 204 superior ratings on flute and piccolo solos at OMEA and WVMEA solo and ensemble adjudicated events in the past twenty-two years.
A dedicated educator for all ability levels, Ms. Goodman is on faculty at Otterbein University and Glenville State University (WV) as professor of flute. Since in 2013, she has also offered online lessons with regularly-scheduled sessions for collegiate, adult, and professional students specializing in orchestral audition preparation, collegiate auditions, and special repertoire projects for all levels. Ms. Goodman has served as adjunct lecturer of flute at Marietta College, Ashland University, and West Virginia State University, as interim professor of flute at West Virginia, Capital, and Ashland Universities, and is on summer faculty of the Mostly Modern Festival (NY). Additionally, Ms. Goodman is sought after as a clinician for masterclasses and presentations on music careers, entrepreneurship, extended techniques, electroacoustics, chamber collaboration, and commissioning, reaching students across three countries. She has also written for The Flute View and The Flute Examiner periodicals.
Renowned for her “palette of tone colors, including cool silver, warm chocolate, the bright colors of a sunrise, and the deep blue of midnight” (The Flutist Quarterly), Ms. Goodman is one of North America’s leading electroacoustic flute specialists and a passionate advocate for living composers, having premiered more than 240 works. Her five solo albums of new music are praised as “a feast of sound and texture, showcasing her skill as a flutist and an interpreter of contemporary music” (The Flutist Quarterly). A member of the Recording Academy and a PARMA Recordings artist, Lindsey appears on the Navona, New World, BMOP/sound, Albany, and New Focus labels, among others, and her recordings receive frequent national and international airplay.
Hailed by The Flute View as “nothing short of mesmerizing”, Ms. Goodman serves as principal flutist of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, professor of flute at Otterbein University and Glenville State University, artist faculty at the Mostly Modern Festival, and solo flutist with the new music ensemble What Is Noise. She is a founding member of flute quartet PANdemonium4, the flute and harp Apollo Duo, and Chrysalis, a singing flutist and pianist duo showcasing her additional training as a classical mezzo-soprano.Ms. Goodman studied with Robert Langevin and Walfrid Kujala and earned degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, Northwestern University, and Duquesne University, graduating summa cum laude.
Renowned “as a passionate and entertaining artist whose joyful performances engage anyone” (On Stage Pittsburgh), Ms. Goodman lives in Pickerington, Ohio with her husband, percussionist and composer Chris Carmean, and their energetic Bichon Frise, Beau. When not performing or teaching, Ms. Goodman enjoys vegan cookery, distance running, and planning her next adventure. Learn more at www.LindseyGoodman.com.