Welcome!
About Me
Hi! I'm Lindsay Bobyak. I grew up in Minnesota, got educated in Indiana, and now live in Colorado.
I have a Bachelors and Masters degree in Double Bass Performance from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as well as an Associates Degree in String Instrument Technology (violin repair and making).
In addition to my passion for music and education, I have a penchant for all things related to bikes, skis, and mountains. This has led to odd jobs working for bus services, rafting companies, and restaurants to help pursue my many interests.
I currently work for the Aspen Music Festival and School, teaching for their after-school strings programs around the Roaring Fork Valley. During the school day I work for Jazz Aspen Snowmass' education branch as a teaching artist with various public school music teachers and lead sectionals and provide coachings for students.
Teaching
As a musician, I have always been passionate about making the arts more accessible. After I finished my Masters degree in 2017 (and falling in love with the Aspen area after spending several summers at the music festival there) I moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado for a service year with ArtistYear, a new Americorps program for musicians and artists. While in Colorado, I was placed with the Basalt middle and high school band program and worked with the Aspen Music Festival and School with their after-school programming. Skiing, hiking, and biking were, of course, required on weekends.
Previously, I have worked for OrchKids, a program under the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra that brings music education, instruments, instruction, and meals at no cost, to children in the surrounding Baltimore neighborhoods.
I studied string pedagogy with Mimi Zweig, Brenda Brenner, and Lawrence Hurst while at IU and "grew up" a Suzuki violin kid. My teaching philosophy is centered around the belief that every student will learn from their environment, whatever that may be, and that music intrinsically helps foster learning in all areas of life. My goal is to bring music into more environments and to facilitate learning in many ways.
Performing
I currently perform with the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra. Back when I was in Indiana, I was the Assistant Principal bassist of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra as well as the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and subbed with other regional orchestras.
While earning my degrees from the Jacobs School of Music, I studied with Kurt Muroki, Bruce Bransby, and Craig Brown. Over the summers I have attended various music festivals, most notably Orford Music Academy, Brevard Music Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival and School.
I spend my summers playing for Theatre Aspen and have had the pleasure of performing in many musicals on upright as well as bass guitar.