Flute Instructor Lindsey Goodman Premieres New Album

A free, public album release concert will be held at 2 p.m. on Nov. 9 in Riley Auditorium at the Battelle Fine Arts Center with support from the Johnstone Fund for New Music.

Goodman would like to extend a warm invitation to the entire community: “The #OtterFlutes will be there, and I hope that you, reader, will be, too!”

Lindsey Goodman, Otterbein adjunct professor of flute, made her Carnegie Hall debut to a sold-out house in New York City’s Weill Recital Hall on Jan. 24, 2025. The recital, presented by PARMA Recordings and performed with pianist Clare Longendyke, was the release concert for her fourth solo album, in the company of music, which was released on Sept. 6, 2024.

Goodman knew she wanted to be a flutist long before most people find their calling. “My father played flute in high school, and he played songs he remembered to help lull me to sleep as a small child. My first memory is of the flute,” she shared. “As they say, ‘the wand chooses the wizard!’”

She went on to earn degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, Northwestern University, and Duquesne University and perform across three continents, including notable venues like the Edinburgh Fringe, the world’s largest performing arts festival. She joined the Otterbein Music Department faculty in 2023.

In the classroom, Goodman encourages each musician she teaches to explore what distinguishes them from other musicians. “Helping the student in front of me at any given time is endlessly engaging,” she said. “Every flutist has a unique personality, goals, strengths, and challenges, and assisting them on their individual paths is a privilege.”

For her part, Goodman has performed more than 215 world premieres, due to her unique, steadfast preference for the work of living composers. “I specialize in the work of living American composers, as their music speaks directly to the shared world we live in and experience daily. If there’s no music of today, there will be no music of tomorrow,” she said.

For her Carnegie Hall debut, Goodman performed a selection of new compositions. “My record label, PARMA Recordings, put out a ‘Featured Recording Opportunity’ asking composers to submit works for solo flute and flute and piano,” she explained. “Selected works were recorded for my fourth solo album, in the company of music, and the album release concert was at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.”

Goodman performed two preview concerts in central Ohio, including one at Otterbein, before her Carnegie Hall performance. She also practiced rigorously for six weeks outside her teaching duties. Then the day of the concert arrived.

“The concert was sold out, and the audience was filled with family, friends who are like family, happy composers and their entourages, colleagues from my record label, and more. People flew in from all over the country and from abroad, and when walking on stage the first time, the audience cheered because they were as happy to be there as we were,” Goodman said.

While Carnegie Hall is a dream venue for most musicians, Goodman tells her students that there is something to be learned from every performance. “Undergraduate students get a taste of this preparation level with their senior recitals. Like anything, the more you practice a skill, the easier it becomes, so passing along my recital preparation experience enhances their preparedness,” she said.

When asked what she learned from her Carnegie Hall performance, Goodman looked to the future. “Society sometimes expects women in mid-life to fade into the background. Instead, I’m in my masterwork stage, playing better than at any other time in my career and continuing to improve and achieve. Expect much more from me!”

Indeed, Goodman’s fifth solo album, transporting bright, will be released on Nov. 7, 2025, thanks to support from the Ohio Arts Council and the Greater Columbus Arts Council.