JOENNE  DUMITRASCU | professional musician

Boston. 2014. I was back from Europe and sitting across from my mentor/teacher/coach, Irina. We were catching up over coffee for the first time since returning home. I was entering the second year of my Master's program. Lots of deadlines and plans to discuss. But she had a more impactful way of sorting me out: a question. It changed how I viewed myself as a musician, and my place in society because of it. My musical training may have started in 1994, but my purpose started t