Cindy L. Martin

Dr. Cindy Lindeen-Martin has recently been appointed Adjunct Faculty in Organ at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver. She is also Director of Music and Organist at Church of the Ascension in Denver, Colorado where she continues to build a thriving music ministry including vocal and handbell choirs. 

Lindeen-Martin is in demand as performer, instructor, lecturer, and adjudicator. She has concertized in Europe and Mexico and in the east and midwest United States. As a resident of Colorado, she is a frequent performer there, as a soloist or in collaboration with others, including The Denver Bach Society, Denver’s Stratus Chamber Orchestra, the Denver Brass, Stellar Brass (Air Force Academy), and the respected Denver-based choir, Kantorei. Concerto performances to her credit include Poulenc’s “Organ Concerto for Strings and Percussion”, Pierre Petit’s “Concertino”, Rheinberger's “Concerto in G Minor", CPE Bach's “Concerto in E-flat Major”, Joseph Jongen’s “Symphonie Concertante”, Alfred Casella’s “Concerto Romano”, Camille Saint-Saens’ “Organ Symphony” and Handel’s “Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 4”. 

Dr. Lindeen-Martin’s teaching credentials include numerous private organ students, many who have continued studies at the college level. She also served as Interim Professor of Organ at Colorado State University Center of the Arts for one term. 

During Cindy’s tenure at First Presbyterian Church from 1988-1993, she managed the Ottumwa National Undergraduate Organ Competition. A few years later, during her twenty year tenure at Augustana Lutheran Church in Denver, she founded and was the Competition Coordinator for the Augustana Arts/Reuter National Undergraduate Organ Competition. Unique to most competitions, competitors were required to play a specific organ concerto. The winner performed with orchestra that same weekend. Although no longer under sponsorship, it was considered one of the premiere organ competitions in the U.S. 

Cindy is a member of the Association of Anglican Musicians and the Rocky Mountain Chapter of The American Guild of Organists. She has served a few of these professional local and national organizations in various capacities. By virtue of managing a few competitions, Cindy was invited to serve as a member of the AGO Competitions Committee at the national level and eventually was named director of the National Competition of Organ Improvisation (NCOI) from 2016-2022. She was also the Hymn Competition Coordinator for Denver’s committee, serving the Association of Anglican Musicians 2013 Conference. Presently, she serves as Competition Co-Director for the International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival in Fort Collins, a renowned international piano competition. 

Additionally, Lindeen-Martin has presented workshops and adjudicated several competitions across the country. 

Cindy earned her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree and the prestigious Performers Certificate from Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY and MM and BM degrees from Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Additional studies took her to France, earning the coveted Degré d’Excellence with Madame Marie-Claire Alain at the Conservatoire de Rueil-Malmaison, France. Dr. Lindeen-Martin is a recipient of the “Distinguished Alumnus Award in Music” from the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance of Colorado State University.