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Dr. Lindsey O’Connor (Las Vegas, NV) As saxophonist for Joey Fatone and Friends and AFTR PRTY, Dr. Lindsey O’Connor has performed with Joey Fatone (*NSYNC), Bobby Brown, Ryan Cabrera, Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys), Coolio, Luis Fonsi, AJ McLean (Backstreet Boys), Wanya Morris (Boyz II Men), Ray Parker Jr., Alfonso Ribeiro, Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Scott Stapp (Creed), Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men), and Jeff Timmons (98°). She is the principal clarinet and saxophone of the Nevada Chamber Orchestra, and has recently played with the Henderson Symphony Orchestra, Vegas City Opera, and in musical productions on the Las Vegas Strip.
O’Connor is the Music Program Coordinator and Instructor of Woodwind Studies at the College of Southern Nevada, Woodwinds Paraprofessional for Clark County School District, Artistic Director of the Las Vegas Youth Saxophone Ensemble, and Conductor of the Las Vegas Youth Orchestras Wind Symphony. She frequently serves as an adjudicator and clinician, and has given several master classes, lectures, and solo performances as a guest artist throughout the United States.
Previously on faculty at Southern Utah University, Union Adventist University, and Faith Conservatory of the Fine Arts, O’Connor was also a Band Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received a D.M.A. and M.M. Saxophone Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a B.M. Saxophone Performance from Michigan State University.
O’Connor’s professional memberships include the American Federation of Musicians, College Band Directors National Association, Music Teachers National Association, and ΠΚΛ National Music Honor Society. She is the Region 2 Director of the North American Saxophone Alliance, Higher Education Chair of the Nevada Music Educators Association, and President of the ΣΑΙ Las Vegas Alumnae Chapter.
O’Connor is a Yamaha Performing Artist and Vandoren Artist-Clinician