Having performed regularly for over a decade with opera companies and orchestras in the United States and abroad, John Lindsey brings a thorough understanding of high-level musicianship, stagecraft, healthy and sustainable vocal technique, and professional singing experience to his students.

Throughout his performance career, Professor Lindsey sang many of the most challenging works in the tenor repertoire, including works by Wagner, Strauss, Puccini, Verdi, and Bizet, as well as multiple world-premiere performances with major companies in the United States and internationally.

His scholarship and research focus on nonviolent communication, compassion, and trauma-informed pedagogy practices. He has trained and worked as a meditation instructor, crisis counselor, and hospice volunteer, and holds multiple certifications in trauma-sensitive meditation and mindfulness, as well as trauma-informed higher education.

He brings aspects of this skill set into his vocal instruction by offering nonjudgmental attention to the singers he works with and by accenting practices that promote grounded breathing, body alignment, vocal stability, and equanimity of mind. He partners collaboratively with lesson participants to help them achieve their goals at a pace that is both sustainable and effective in the long term.

Professor Lindsey received a B.M. in Voice Performance from Colorado State University and an M.M. in Voice Performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He currently serves as assistant professor of voice at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.