Recital and workshop in St. Lucia

Thank you to John Paul Bailey, Director of School of Music and Sandals Regency Golf Resort and Spa for sponsoring recital and workshop in November 2007.

Permanent Concertmaster of Orchestras

The Orchestra of Northern New York, 1988-present

http://www.orchestraofnorthernnewyork.org/index.html






ELEVA Chamber Players, Vermont, 2006-present.

Hanover (New Hampshire) Chamber Orchestra, 1990-2008.

Castle Farms Symphony Orchestra (Michigan), summer, 1994

Champlain Valley Symphony Orchestra, 1989-1992

Plattsburgh (NY) Community Orchestra, 1992-1993

Ithaca Suzuki Festival Orchestra, summers, 1987-1992

Warren (Ohio) Chamber Orchestra, 1978-1981

Lexington (Kentucky) Philharmonic Orchestra, 1976-1981

Dallas (Texas) Chamber Players (Concertmaster and Assistant Director), February, 1972-June, 1973

Also

Associate Concertmaster, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, 1981-1995

Permanent Violinist in Chamber Music Ensembles

The Potsdam Baroque Ensemble (Crane School of Music), 2007-present

Potsdam Piano Quartet (Crane School of Music), 1995-present


Ruggieri Chamber Soloists (Vermont), 1989-present
http://www.kintera.org/site/pp.asp?c=8oILLXOqGjF&b=3376789


The Aurora Quintet (as 1st Violinist), 1987-2006

NUMA Contemporary Music Ensemble, 1982-2002

Vermont Symphony String Quartet (as 1st Violinist), 1985-1987

Quartetto da Camera (Lexington, Kentucky), 1978-1981

The Lexington String Quartet (as 1st Violinist), 1977-1981

The Concord Piano Trio (University of Kentucky) , 1976-1981

Summer Teaching And Performing Experience

The International Chamber Music Festival and Concert Tour : BULGARIA 2008 (3 weeks), 2008

One week of rehearsals in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and then a concert tour of Bulgaria, with concerts in Plodiv, Gabrovo, Sozopol (on the black Sea), Sofia, and Tryavna

Illinois Wesleyan Chamber Music Camp (two weeks), 20046 and 2008

Coach of chamber music and performer on the evening faculty concerts

The Mozart Festival at Our Lady of the Snows, Woodstock, Vermont. 1998-present

Concertmaster

Ithaca Summer Chamber Music Institute (three weeks), 1987-2007
Teacher of violin lessons, coach of 2 quartets once a day, presenter of chamber music seminars, and performer in evening faculty recitals, both as soloist and as the1st Violinist of the Aurora String Quintet

Adult Chamber Music Conference, Interlochen, Michigan (one week), 1983-present

Coach of String Quartets and Performer of Chamber music for Evening Faculty recitals

Manitou Music Festival, Glen Arbor, Michigan (one week), 1991-2005
Performer of 2-4 Concerts every summer as the 1st Violinist of the Aurora String Quintet

http://www.glenarborart.org/mmf/manitou_music.asp

Incontri di Canna International Chamber Music Festival in Canna , Italy(one week), 2000
Performed as a violinist with musicians from Europe, Canada, and the U.S. in 3 chamber music concerts

Ottawa University Suzuki Institute (one week), Ottawa, Kansas, 1991 Taught chamber music and performed concerts as the First Violin in the official string quartet of the Ottawa Suzuki Institute

Southeastern Music Camp (two weeks), Columbus, Georgia, 1988
Taught violin lessons, coached quartets, and conducted violin sectionals


Stage de Musique, Marcillat-en-Combraille, France (two weeks), June, 1988
Taught violin lessons and sonata repetoire class and presented 2 solo recitals in the Town Hall and in a 14th Century Church in Marcillat


National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan (eight weeks) 1983-1986
Violin Teacher, chamber music coach, and frequent performer on evening recitals

University of Kentucky Summer String Institute (two weeks), 1977-1981
Director of the program, performed on faculty solo and chamber music recitals,
and taught violin lessons


The Governor's School of North Carolina (six weeks) 1971-1982
Director of Strings, Concertmaster of the school orchestra, conducted violin sectionals, and taught violin lessons

Ameropa 2004-present
Chamber Music Festival & Courses Sunday, July 22 - Sunday, August 5, 2007 Prague, Czech Republic

Violin Recitals of Note

-Violin Recital, at the home of Alison Anand, Richmond, Vermont, August 3, 2008

-Violin Recital, St. Lucia School of Music, The Island of St. Lucia, May 31, 2008

-Solo and Chamber Music Recital, The Auditorium, 165 North Astor Street, Chicago, IL, March 27, 2008

-Violin Recital, St. Lucia School of Music, The Island of St. Lucia, November 20, 2007

-The Beethoven 10 Sonatas for Violin and Piano with pianist Paul Wyse: 3 recitals presented in Hosmer Hall in Crane, February 18, February 24, and March 2, 2004

-Solo Recital, Saranac Lake Center for the Arts, Saranac Lake, NY, January 30, 2004

-Solo Recital, Kensington Place, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 7, 2003

-Six Violin recitals at Bruno Walter Auditorium in Lincoln Center in New York City, 1981-1993

-Violin Recital Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal (twice)

-Violin Recital, LaRoche College in Pittsburgh, PA, 1993

-Violin Recital, Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA, 1992

-Violin Recital, with French pianist Irena Kutin, The French Library of Boston, 1987

-Violin Recital, The Dame Myra Hess Series at the Chicago Public Library, 1986

-Violin Recital, The Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City, 1985

-The Beethoven 10 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, with pianist Rebecca O’Connor, in 3 concerts, in Snell Theater and at the Massena (NY) Public Library, 1983-1984

-A Concert of solo and chamber Music, The Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City, November 20, 1981

-New York Debut Recital, The Museum of the City of New York, New York City, March 29, 1981

Biography

The Crane School of Music
State University of New York
Potsdam, New York, 13676
e-mail: lindsejr@potsdam.edu

John Lindsey holds the highest rank conferred upon a faculty member in the State University of New York system. The SUNY Distinguished Service Professor. Professor Lindsey has been on the violin faculty at the internationally known Crane School of Music since 1981. In 1993 he was award the SUNY Potsdam President's Award for Excellence in Teaching , in 2003 the prestigious State University of New York Chancellor's Award also for Excellence in Teaching.

In 1973, he was awarded the annual Mozart Award by Wilkes College ( Now King College in Wilkes-Barre, PA) He was recognized by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England. With the 2003 International Musician of the Year Award. and with the Mozart Award for Musical Achievement in the Fall of 2008. In 1989 he was select from over 200 applicants as the winner of the City of Dayton Ohio 's Annual Allegro Residency for the Arts.

Mr. Lindsey is in great demand as a concertmaster, soloist, and chamber musician, as well as teacher, chamber music coach. He is presently the Concertmaster of the ELEVA chamber Players (VT), a string orchestra which play without conductor, and the Orchestra of Northern New York (NY). He has served as concertmaster of the Lexington (KY) Philharmonic Orchestra, The Dallas (TX) Chamber Soloist, The Warren (OH) Chamber Orchestra, the Champlain Valley Symphony Orchestra (NY), the Castle Farm Festival Orchestra (MI), the Belleayre Summer Festival Orchestra (NY), and the Hanover (NH) Chamber Orchestra, In 1973 Mr. Lindsey was Concertmaster of an Orchestra which tour Israel and Jordan. The final concert was given at the Cultural Palace in the Amman for His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan. In 1978 he played chamber music for Prince Philip of England.

Mr. Lindsey has appeared solo recital in many locations. Among them are the Carnegie Recital Hall (twice), Bruon Walter Auditorium in Lincoln Center (five times) as well as in Boston, Montreal, Dallas and in the Chicago on the Dame Myre Hess Series at the Chicago Public Library. Prior to his appointment as the Crane School of Music, Mr. Lindsey was Chairman of String at Baylor University, the Governor's School of North Carolina, and the University of Kentucky. He also taught strings in the Dallas Texas, Publish School. he has been first Violinist of the Aurora Quintet, the Lexington String Quartet, the Quartetto de Camera, the Postdam Piano Quartet, and the Concord Piano Trio. Mr. is listed in eleven national and international Who's Who Publications, among them. Who's Who in American Music , International Who's Who of Intellectuals, The Dictionary of Distinguished Americans, The Cambridge Who's Who, and Who's Who international Music. Professor Lindsey has presented master classes in numerous locations for many years. Since 1994, he has been heavily involved in various capacities with the founding and special nurturing of the string program for

St. Lucia School of Music in the West Indies.

In the Summer, Mr. Lindsey is performing member of the violin faculties of the Ameropa Festival in Prague (CZ), the Adult Chamber Music Conference at Interlochen in Michigan, and the Mozart Festival in Woodstock, Vermont. In previous he was a member of the faculty of the 2008 International Chamber Music Festival and Concert Tour in Bulgaria, the Ithaca Chamber Institute (NY), the National Music Camp at Interlochen (MI), the Illinois Summer Youth Chamber Music Camp(IL), Ottawa Suzuki Institute(KS), the Skaneateles Festival (NY), the Southeastern Music Camp (GA), the Manitou Festival (MI), the Stage de Musique in Marcillat -en-Combraille, France, and the Canna International Music Festivalin Canna, Italy. Mr. Lindsey and his wife Amornrat have founded and International Chamber Music Festival in Thailand, which is held annually in Thailand during the winter holiday season.

this coming summer he has been invited to be on the Artist Faculty of the Vianden International Chamber Music Festival in Lexembourg, Saarburger International Music Festival and School in Germany and to appear in recitals and present master classes both in Thailand and in the People's Republic of China.

AWARDS

- The SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2003

- The International Musician of the Year Award from the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England, 2003

- The President's Award for Excellence in Teaching at Potsdam
College, 1993


- Winner of the 2nd annual Allegro Residency for the Arts, sponsored by the City of Dayton, Ohio, from over 200 applicants; the award was for one month as Artist in Residence for the City of Dayton, February and March of 1989


- Winner of the Mozart Award, Wilkes-Barre, PA, May, 1972

Other Experiences

entries in the Following Biographical Collections

- Who's Who in American Music

- Who's Who in International Music

- International Directory of Distinguished Leadership

- Directory of Distinguished Americans

- 2000 Outstanding Musicians of the 20th Century

- Community Leaders of America

- International Leaders in Achievement

- Directory of Distinguished Americans

- The Contemporary Who's Who, 2003

- International Who's Who of Intellectuals

- Who's Who Among America's Teachers

- Who's Who in America

- The International Who's Who in Classical Music 2003

- American Biography

- Who's Who in International Education

Also

- A member of the Distinguished Research Council of the International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, 2002-present

- Vice Consul of the International Biographical Center, 2002-2003