Our Director

Lindsey J. Borden was born in Tanzania, Africa, raised in England and after her family moved to the states she graduated from Honeoye Falls-Lima High School. She then received her B.S. in Music Education from Nazareth College of Rochester, New York where she studied flute with Glennda Dove. She continued her music studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois receiving her M.M. in Music Education and studying conducting with John Paynter.

Lindsey has been an instrumental music teacher in the greater Rochester area for eleven years, a private woodwind instructor for 23 years and enjoyed 12 years as a stay-at-home mom. She is a former member of the Perinton Concert Band and the Greater Rochester Music Educators Wind Band under the direction of Corky Fabrizio.

Lindsey is the founding director of the Honeoye Falls Community Concert Band and has been its only permanent director since 1988. Under her leadership, the band has grown from 18 members to 70. She thoroughly appreciates the dedication of its members as well as the warm rapport that is one of the hallmarks of the band.

Currently, Lindsey resides in Honeoye Falls with her husband, Mark, who plays French Horn and euphonium in the band and is the band director at Honeoye Falls-Lima High School, and their three daughters – Kelsey, Emily and Amanda. Her father-in-law was a founding member of the HFCCB and all three of her daughters have recently joined the band. In her spare time, she is a Girl Scout leader, and enjoys camping, hiking, reading, and gardening.