Boston University Tanglewood Institute - BUTI

PRACTICE: Trumpeter JoAnn Lamolino (Boston University Tanglewood Institute - BUTI’96,’97, CFA’00) practices yoga and mindfulness alongside performance to ease her nerves onstage.
Lamolino started doing yoga as an undergraduate at Boston University School of Music, but she didn’t begin practicing mindfulness and yoga to ease her nerves onstage until after some “crash-and-burn” 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.
“The improvement to my trumpet playing was actually quite significant,” says Lamolino, who lives in New Jersey but is associate principal trumpet in the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and teaches at the University of Hawaii. “I started to advance in auditions. It got more and more fun, and then eventually I had my first [audition] win.”
After becoming certified in kundalini yoga, 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’s classes, seminars, and one-on-one sessions.

PRACTICE: Trumpeter JoAnn Lamolino (Boston University Tanglewood Institute - BUTI’96,’97, CFA’00) practices yoga and mindfulness alongside performance to ease her nerves onstage.

Lamolino started doing yoga as an undergraduate at Boston University School of Music, but she didn’t begin practicing mindfulness and yoga to ease her nerves onstage until after some “crash-and-burn” 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.

“The improvement to my trumpet playing was actually quite significant,” says Lamolino, who lives in New Jersey but is associate principal trumpet in the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and teaches at the University of Hawaii. “I started to advance in auditions. It got more and more fun, and then eventually I had my first [audition] win.”

After becoming certified in kundalini yoga, 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’s classes, seminars, and one-on-one sessions.

Read more in CFA magazine ➡️ https://www.bu.edu/cfa/magazine/articles/2024/mindful-music/

August 13th was the Young Artists Piano Program Student Recital. Slide to check out our talented students performing!

Beyond the Classroom: Joel Kayser (CFA’24, BUTI’17,’18)

Warm-up sessions, solo classes, and ensemble rehearsals. That’s a day in the life for Joel Kayser (CFA’24, BUTI’17,’18) as a trumpet assistant for Boston University Tanglewood Institute‘s 2024 Trumpet Workshop. Joel, who recently graduated from CFA with his master’s degree in brass/trumpet performance, was offered the assistantship through his mentor Terry Everson, Professor of Trumpet at BU School of Music and Director of BUTI’s Trumpet Workshop.

Joel spoke with CFA about his most memorable moments teaching at BUTI this summer, discovering how much he enjoys teaching students at this stage. Joel looks forward to doing more of this work in his career while pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree!

Thank you for joining us for BUTI Community Day 2024!
We cannot wait to welcome you to our campus again next year.

LAWN PASS TIME!!
If not now, then when? Time to fully take advantage of your Tanglewood Lawn Passes during your last week at BUTI 2024!

Welcome to our FINAL week at BUTI 2024!
We have a lot in store for week 6 and can't wait to share our students' incredible performances!

BUTI Community Day!

Join us tomorrow as we open our campus doors from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Apart from incredible food, artisan vendors, face painting and an instrument garden, we invite you to experience the performances of our wonderful guests, faculty, and staff!

We can't wait to see you there!

Join us tomorrow at BUTI's first ever COMMUNITY DAY!!!
Come see our wonderful guests, faculty, and staff perform on our campus.

Come to BUTI Community Day TOMORROW!!!

10:00 am - 2:00 pm, 45 West St., Lenox, MA, 01240

BUTI Community Day performer highlight!

Peggy Stern is as well-known as a composer as she is known for her fine piano playing. She arrived at jazz via classical music, R&B, and salsa. Her music has a particularly broad ethnic base — in addition to European and American classical music, Peggy’s music draws from Brazilian, African, Jewish, Irish, Cuban, trad jazz, progressive jazz, and western swing.

Peggy has composed, played, recorded, and toured in a wide variety of situations: from solos to octets to jazz choruses. Her compositions range from highly original pieces to reharmonized jazz standards. “Everything she writes wants to dance, ” says Ken Dais of Jazziz. Peggy has performed (and was artistic director of) in LuluFest Lenox ’23 (“where the progressives meet the traditions, and all the leaders are women”).

Proud to make Pittsfield her new home for the summers, she is eager to share her music in the Berkshires!

BUTI Community Day performer highlight!

Matthew Steckler, aka Matty Stecks, performs and composes in several musical settings internationally. Primarily a saxophonist/woodwind specialist, he also performs on vocals, keyboards, percussion and electronic media, bringing a dynamic, holistic approach to the live musical experience. As an artist, Matthew has appeared at prominent festivals and concert series; has recordings on Ropeadope, Skydeck, Cuneiform and Innova labels; and has made Best CD lists in Downbeat and Jazz Times.

Guitarist Luke Franco; studied under John Abercrombie, featured soloist in Grammy winner Jon Daversa’s big band (CJB), world premiere of Michael Tilson Thomas’s “Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind,” New World Symphony 2016. Active musician: NY capital region. Also founded Tiny Hearts Farm, which grows cut-flowers in Copake NY.

At the crisp age of 21, bassist Tarik Shah was recognized by legendary jazz vocalist, Betty Carter, when she asked him to join her seminal group. Subsequently, Shah’s deep groove and eminent musicality had him working in the gifted company of Abbey Lincoln, Gloria Lynne, Leon Thomas, Phyllis Hyman, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Ellis Marsalis, Ahmad Jamal and Red Rodney among many others. Now a respected leader himself, rest assured Shah brings the medicine that will swing you into happiness and good health.

BUTI's Community will be hosting many local artisan vendors.
Join us August 11, 10 am - 2 pm and experience what our community has to offer!

Apart from dazzling music, BUTI's Community Day will also offer lots of delicious food options!
Slide to see the wonderful vendors we will be hosting this Sunday from 10 am - 2 pm.

BUTI Community Day performer highlight!

Award-winning composer/pianist George Oldziey got his first big introduction into the world of film scoring when he joined forces with film director Robert Rodriguez to create the score for Spy Kids 2 and has since served as composer, contributing composer, orchestrator, and score producer for other feature films such as Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Kill Bill, Vol. 2, Sin City, Grindhouse's Planet Terror, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Shorts, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, and the Christmas 2020 Netflix release We Can Be Heroes.

George has also scored numerous documentaries and short films, including the award-winning short film Remember Me, which won the award for Best Musical Score at the 2017 168 Film Project festival. He also won Best Musical Score at the 2018 Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival for the Best Picture-winning short film Arrow and Oil.

Meanwhile, Oldziey is a much sought after orchestrator and arranger, having done all the arranging for Chilean singer Mon Laferte's 2019 Latin Grammy–winning album Norma, horn arrangements for Aerosmith's Dueces Are Wild tour, and orchestrations for the 2018 film The Grinch.

More info @ www.oldzieymusic.com

BUTI Community Day performer highlight!

Suzi Stern is a jazz vocalist, lyricist, composer and educator currently living in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Stern has released 8 CD’s to date under her own name (Viewpoint Records, Aardvark Records and Bus Biscuit Records), and has performed on a myriad of other artists projects. Her latest release “Romancing the Dark” steps out of the jazz idiom for which she is known, and is a collection of her own original compositions and arrangements based on eleven poems by Stern.

Suzi was inducted into the 2023 Austin Jazz Society Hall Of Fame for her many
contributions to the Texas music scene.

More info at www.suzistern.com

Another week, another plethora of exciting performances to attend!
Visit Tanglewood main grounds and experience world-class music and performers.

TUNE in for this week's performances! 🎶🎶🎶
See you there.

Our students are excited and ready for BUTI Community Day!
Get to see what goes on at our Campus on August 11, 10 am - 2 pm.

BUTI Community Day is the perfect time to introduce your kids to the music world! Come by our Instrument Garden and test out our students’ instruments.
You might just find your calling…
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Want to see these spaces transform? Come to BUTI’s Community Day!

In collaboration with , on Sunday, August 11th, from 10 am to 2 pm, the BUTI Campus will be alive with food trucks, artisan vendors, face painting, an instrument garden, live performances from local favorites and BUTI Faculty, and more.

It’s sure to be a day to remember!

This week our violin students had a class with the L’Étoile Violin Duo, Hsin-Lin Tsai and Miguel Pérez-Espejo, while there was a storm outside! They played works by Mozart and Kreisler.

Slide to see quotes from our students.

On August 5, Trinity Church will be hosting an Ice Cream Social from 5:00 - 7:00 pm with free HighLawn Farm ice cream and plenty of socializing! 🍨🍦
The event is a benefit for Thelma's Little Fund which supports Lenox families in need of any variety of emergency assistance.
Donations of any size are welcome!

Last week our Young Artists Piano Program students got the opportunity to have a Q&A with in the Koussevitzky Shed!
The students asked great questions and then headed to hear pianist Yefim Bronfman speak about his life and career.

Join us August 1 at Trinity Church for our excellent piano faculty members' and guests' performance!

In collaboration with the Town of Lenox, we are proud to announce our first ever BUTI COMMUNITY DAY!
Join us as we open our doors to all on August 11, 10:00 am -- 2:00 pm.
Interact with BUTI students and learn about instruments, see performances, food and artisan craft vendors. Entry is free!! 🤸‍♀️🎶🎻☀️

Keep your eyes out for a new exciting event...

LAWN PASS TIME (part 2)

Have some free time this weekend? There's much to see at Tanglewood Main Grounds!

LAWN PASS TIME

Take advantage of your lawn passes and visit Tanglewood Main Grounds when you have the chance!

Welcome to Week 4 of the Young Artists Programs! 🎶🎶🎶
Take a look at our exciting upcoming student, faculty, and guest performances.

Join us tomorrow at the Becket Arts Center for our Young Artists Chamber Recital!
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