Lindsey Goodman has been described as a “legitimate virtuoso†who performs with “agility and emotion†(Post-Gazette) and “impressive artistryâ€. Known for her “superbâ€, “bravura performances†(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review), Ms. Goodman has performed as a soloist throughout the eastern United States and Canada. Most recently, she was featured in recital on the Sound Series at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh (PA), as a soloist at the June in Buffalo (NY) composers’ festival, and in residence as a recitalist and clinician at the University of Akron (OH) and Frostburg State University (MD). Lindsey’s solo recording debut of Russell Pinkston's Lizamander for flute and electronics is featured on the CD against the emptiness, available from the New Dynamic Records label.
An avid performer of new music, “flutist Lindsey Goodman appears to know no fear in tackling the most demanding music†(Tribune-Review). A strong advocate for emerging American composers and electroacoustic or multimedia works, Lindsey is an active commissioner of new pieces and has given over forty-five world premieres, including thirteen solo and chamber compositions written especially for her. Goodman is in her ninth season as the solo flutist of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, a group with whom she has recorded two CDs, made two international tours, and been featured seven times as a soloist. Additionally, Lindsey has performed with the new music band Alarm Will Sound in the Miller Theatre (NYC), as flutist/actress at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK), and with Music on the Edge (PA).
As an orchestral musician, Goodman holds the Martha Gaines Wehrle Chair, having completed her third season as principal flutist of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and can be heard on that ensemble's first-ever CD release. Lindsey also frequently performs with the Toledo and Lima (OH) Symphony Orchestras, the Fort Wayne (IN), Erie (PA), and Tuscarawas (OH) Philharmonics, and the Ohio Valley Symphony and has previously performed with the New World Symphony (FL).
In 2010, Lindsey eagerly anticipates performing Lukas Foss’s Renaissance Concerto on tour with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and the Mozart Concerto in G Major with the River Cities Symphony Orchestra (WV). Ms. Goodman also looks forward to the release of Mathew Rosenblum's Under the Rainbow for solo flute with tape on an upcoming CD of the composer's chamber works, performing an electroacoustic recital as part of Charleston's FestivALL (WV), participating as a featured artist-teacher at a Pennsylvania summer camp for high school flutists, and pursuing a new evening-length project for flutist/soprano and pianist/tenor.
A student of New York Philharmonic principal flutist Robert Langevin, Goodman also studied with Walfrid Kujala, former principal piccolo of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She received her masters degree from Northwestern University, her bachelors degree summa cum laude from Duquesne University, and a professional studies diploma from the Manhattan School of Music’s orchestral performance program. Lindsey also maintains an active teaching studio of flutists grades six through twelve. Her students have won regional soloist competitions and been principal players in all-state, regional, and county honor bands and orchestras, in addition to participating in state-adjudicated solo and ensemble performances and holding principal and leadership positions in their school ensembles. Born in Virginia and raised in Ohio, Lindsey resides outside Columbus, Ohio with her husband and dog.
For PNME's website: http://www.pnme.org
For WVSO's website: http://www.wvsymphony.org
For Lindsey J. Goodman Flute Studio's website: http://web.me.com/lindseygoodman
