Lindsay started playing the trombone at age 10 in a suburb of Seattle, WA, but by 11 years old she was playing in a jazz band. Her love for jazz and its community brought her many opportunities during her education, including the honor of participating twice in the Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival in New York where only 15 bands are chosen out of the nation to compete.
She found her passion for Latin music while attending California State University, Northridge. During her freshman year, a good friend (and fellow trombone player), asked her to sit-in on a gig at El Floridita (an LA staple for salsa music). Everything was so fresh, energetic and fun! The people dancing and laughing, everyone talking to each other and actually listening to the music! She was hooked.
Never one to hold to just one genre, during her time at California State University, Northridge she earned a spot in Walt Disney World's Disney Collegiate All-Star Band. In this nation-wide search, only three tenor trombonists were chosen. During this time she had the opportunity to spend a summer performing daily in the Magic Kingdom for the guests and attended clinics with successful, working musicians. From there, she earned her masters at UCLA in trombone performance.
Since graduating, she has been called to play with international salsa stars, including Eddie Santiago, Tony Vega and Willie Panama. She also played for (2012-2016) and directed (Fall/Winter 2016) Las Chikas all female latin band for Estrella TV’s Noches con Platanito, a spanish language late night talk show.
In early 2017 Lindsay started the all female swing band, The Lady Lucks, with which she has already found success as they play throughout the southland. Around this same time, she also started a professional marching band called LA Marching Band which has grown to include LA Drum Line. Lindsay also performs regularly in LA salsa bands, wedding bands, pop groups, jazz combos and big bands. Her teaching resume includes the Harmony Project and Highland Hall (a Waldorf School).
Since 2015 Lindsay has performed in the Disneyland Band, as well as the Pearly Band, at Disneyland Park in Anaheim California. She was also part of the Pixarmonic Orchestra from 2018-2019 in Disney’s California Adventure Park.