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 currently a band
director at Greece Athena High
School. 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 her oldest daughter has
recently joined the band. In her spare time, she is a Girl
Scout leader, and enjoys camping, hiking, reading, and gardening.
