{"id":110304,"date":"2024-05-27T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=110304"},"modified":"2024-06-25T09:49:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:49:55","slug":"mindful-music","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2024\/mindful-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin magazine-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1363\" height=\"1704\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Muse-Mindful-Music-image0.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Muse-Mindful-Music-image0.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Muse-Mindful-Music-image0-509x636.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Muse-Mindful-Music-image0-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Muse-Mindful-Music-image0-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Muse-Mindful-Music-image0-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Muse-Mindful-Music-image0-800x1000.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1363px) 100vw, 1363px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photos courtesy of JoAnn Lamolino<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Music<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMindful Music\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Trumpeter JoAnn Lamolino (BUTI\u201996,\u201997, CFA\u201900) practices yoga and mindfulness alongside performance to ease her nerves onstage<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar magazine-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">May 27, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/authors\/steve-holt\/\">Steve Holt<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph magazine-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-dropcap-dimensional has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-tertiary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>Trumpeter JoAnn Lamolino says her performance anxiety felt like she was operating a train, and suddenly she realized she didn\u2019t know how to drive it. \u201cEverything\u2019s going way too fast,\u201d she says. \u201cYour mind is racing. You frequently can\u2019t focus on the task at hand. You start second-guessing every little thing you\u2019ve ever known about playing the trumpet or how to play in an orchestra or play an audition.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joannlamolino.com\/\">Lamolino (BUTI\u201996,\u201997, CFA\u201900)<\/a> started doing yoga as an undergraduate at BU, but she didn\u2019t begin practicing mindfulness and yoga to ease her nerves onstage until after about 15 \u201ccrash-and-burn\u201d orchestral auditions around the country a few years later. Integrating a daily mindfulness practice improved her focus and interactions with others. Before auditioning or performing, Lamolino would practice positive self-talk, center her mind and body as she sat down to play, and visualize herself playing beautifully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">\u201cThe improvement to my trumpet playing was actually quite significant,\u201d says Lamolino, who lives in New Jersey but is associate principal trumpet in the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and teaches at the University of Hawaii. \u201cI started to advance in auditions. It got more and more fun, and then eventually I had my first [audition] win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Muse_Mindful-Music_thumbnail.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Muse_Mindful-Music_thumbnail.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2024\/05\/Muse_Mindful-Music_thumbnail-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">When live performances ended at the start of the pandemic in 2020, Lamolino became certified in kundalini yoga\u2014a process that took seven months and 220 hours of coursework\u2014and in early 2021 began teaching mindfulness and yoga online. Many of her early students were fellow musicians, and she recognized that the inner work she had done could benefit other performers. Today, musicians from across the country can log on to Lamolino\u2019s classes, seminars, and one-on-one sessions through her virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joannlamolino.com\/services\">Mind.Music.Sanctuary studio<\/a> to learn exercises and techniques to reduce anxiety and increase the quality of their play. Lamolino also integrates mindfulness into her trumpet courses at the University of Hawaii and master classes she teaches around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">\u201cBack when I was going to college in the 1990s and early 2000s, this stuff was still kind of taboo,\u201d Lamolino says. \u201cBut I do think that being more open-minded to having a regular mindfulness practice really helps your day-to-day life, let alone operating a piece of metal on the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-collection-billboard magazine-block-editorial-collection-billboard\">\n\n\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-intro-title\">This Series<\/h3>\n\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-article\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collection-billboard-media\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"collection-navigation-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/10\/Muse-Caroline-Campeau-thumbnail.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/10\/Muse-Caroline-Campeau-thumbnail.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/10\/Muse-Caroline-Campeau-thumbnail-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-media-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2023\/muse-eldad-tsabary-sound-design\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-media-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>Finding a Home in Electroacoustic Music<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collection-billboard-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-small-title\">Also in<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"collection-billboard-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/collections\/muse\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Muse<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"collection-billboard-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">June 25, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2026\/materials-from-nature-rachelle-reichert\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Materials from Nature<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">June 18, 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2025\/a-little-rock-a-little-classical\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>A Little Rock, a Little Classical<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"collection-billboard-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-date\">January 15, 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"collection-billboard-list-item-article-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2025\/muse-composer-lara-poe\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-card-article-title-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>How Nordic cow-calling traditions inspire composer Lara Poe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/collections\/muse\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"collection-billboard-link\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>Series home<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/article>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lamolino (BUTI\u201996,\u201997, CFA\u201900) started doing yoga as an undergraduate at BU, but she didn\u2019t begin practicing mindfulness and yoga to ease her nerves onstage until after about 15 \u201ccrash-and-burn\u201d orchestral auditions around the country a few years later. 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