Having performed regularly 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, along with multiple world-premiere performances with major companies in the United States and internationally.

His scholarship and research focuses on nonviolent communication, compassion, and trauma-sensitive pedagogy practices, offering students a safe and encouraging environment to develop resilience, insight, and self-awareness integrated with their vocal development. He has trained and worked as a meditation instructor, crisis counselor, and hospice volunteer, and holds multiple certifications in trauma-sensitive meditation and mindfulness.

Professor Lindsey brings aspects of this skillset into his vocal instruction by offering students non-judgmental attention to the breath, body, and psychoemotional aspects of singing. He partners collaboratively with his students to help them achieve their goals at a pace that is both sustainable and effective over the long-term.

He received a BM in Voice Performance from Colorado State University and an MM in Voice Performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Voice at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.