Dr. Sparks has taught on the performance faculties of Valdosta State University, The University of Akron School of Music and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill among others. Dr. Sparks is a frequent competition judge and a former National Flute Asssociation High School Flute Choir Competition Coordinator. She is also the Social Media Coordinator for the Raleigh Area Flute Association.

Lindsay has over 25 years of private teaching experience. Since moving to Chapel Hill in 2013, Lindsay has maintained an active and vibrant flute studio, which is now part of Sparks Creative Inc., a music studio co-founded with her husband Michael Sparks in 2020. Her students range in age from 8 to 80 and participate in several performances a year within the studio and out in the community. Lindsay specializes in college preparation and her students have been accepted to prestigious music schools such as Eastman, Northwestern, Longy, CCM, University of Illion Champaign-Urbana, San Francisco Conservatory, Indiana, University, Duke University, and Carnegie Mellon among others. She has also had students perform in the all-district, all-state, and honors ensembles for middle school and high school throughout North Carolina, and as well as prize winners in the NFA national competitions. Her curriculum includes lessons on auxilliary flutes (piccolo, alto, and bass flutes), on historical flutes (from ca. 1400-1900), in music theory, in music history, and participation in flute ensembles. Instruction takes place in person or via Zoom online.

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