JoAnn Lamolino

Trumpet, Educator, Yoga Instructor

Making music-making a sanctuary one day at a time

JoAnn Lamolino is a musician based in the New York/New Jersey area and in Honolulu, HI. JoAnn is the Associate Principal/Second Trumpet of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and Lecturer in Trumpet at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is also the Founder and Director of the Mind. Music. Sanctuary, offering Trumpet/Mindfulness workshops, residencies and masterclasses on Mindfulness and Music Making at conservatories and universities in addition to weekly yoga classes.

Trumpet

Trumpet

Mind.Music.Sanctuary

Mind.Music.Sanctuary

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Coast to coast delay! 🎺Find a less populated spot, and get some work in. Kind of a silver lining since I thought this would gave been a non playing day. 🔥Pro Tip…always carry a practice mute in your case on travel days. @thecookiemute FTW!!!
The end of a fantastic week. Got to make some great music and hire some new colleagues. Red eye back to the mainland #honolulu #hawaii #hawaiilife
ON ISLAND! 🤙Quick trip to my second home to play some great music and listen to auditions coming up. 🎺Two firsts for me. I finally played Barber, Knoxville Summer of 1915. I’ve loved this piece for a long time and have usually not played i
Why do I practice yoga? To feel the union between my mind and my spirit. To be quiet and allow the true me to be in the moment. 🙏When was the last time you felt that for yourself? Given yourself that gift? 💝 I don’t just teach this in Mind.
Big thanks to @depaultrumpets for hosting me for a Mind.Music.Sanctuary masterclass earlier this week. 🎺What we do in one of these classes is explore different mindfulness techniques like breathwork and meditation to improve our performance both on
How timely that I just finished reading Quincy Jones’s latest book. 🔥Quincy lived a life redefining what it means to be a musician. Crossing so many boundaries and melding so much in our industry. A trailblazer for all of us to learn from. Re
Thanks so much to @matthewonstad for hosting me yesterday at University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. 🎺I had a great time presenting a Mind.Music.Sanctuary class and a trumpet masterclass. Everyone sounded great, asked questions and were willing to s
We voted! For me it’s the first time in a long time I could vote in my legal home state of New Jersey in person. Sorry if you thought I was Kama’aina , I’m not, yet 🤙 🔥I voted for HER rights….whoever your her is! 🤵🤵‍
What yoga do I teach/practice? 🧘‍♀️Kundalini Yoga I have been practicing for 18 years. Been teaching for just under 4 years. 🙏It is a yoga of awareness. The awareness of your spiritual, mental and physical Union. Yoga means Union! Kundalini
Had such a great time yesterday presenting a masterclass to the trumpet studio at the @theharttschool in Connecticut. 🎺I presented a class about using Mindfulness in the Practice Room. The class centers on what we need for a great practice session,