14 I have always thought about the wonderful and curious way in which my passion for teaching began. For me, being a teacher is an absolute vocaƟon that I have felt since I can remember. I also believe that it is an outstanding debt to all those teachers who have been on my path and who dedicated their Ɵme and effort to teach me this wonderful profession. They all did it with love and enthusiasm - how lucky I am! My first childhood memories of wanƟng to teach are that every aŌernoon, when I returned home from school, I would show my dolls everything I had learned that morning. I would sit them down with a small blackboard and we would repeat and repeat my lessons. That was to be the first seed of everything that would come later. The second would be at the age of 7 when I started playing the violin. That's where my Suzuki adventure began without me knowing it. I have been very lucky that, in my musical life, I have always been surrounded by great musicians and, above all, great people who taught me with passion and were generous with their Ɵme. I had a tradiƟonal conservatory educaƟon and, during that Ɵme, I remember some wonderful group classes, my mother taking notes and studying with me at home and a casseƩe that played at home every day. AŌer each pracƟce at home, I would teach my dolls everything I had learned with the violin. To the quesƟon: ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ I answered: ‘a violin teacher’, that was always very clear to me. The years passed and those magnificent group classes conƟnued. Some Ɵme later, when my professional life began, luck struck again and I found a colleague, and now a great friend, whose curiosity had been aroused by the Suzuki world. We started to work together in the Suzuki way. Today we sƟll remember those years and those huge group lessons that we taught together. Thanks to her, I began my training with Ana María SebasƟan. With her, I discovered that this ‘tradiƟonal teaching’ was actually a wonderful Suzuki teaching and there all my memories began to come together. Later I conƟnued my training in Lyon with Genevieve Prost, Joanne MarƟn and Christophe Bossuat. With all of them, generosity, wisdom and love conƟnued to be present in my life. I remember those years full of personal and professional magical experiences. All that Ɵme was a source of conƟnuous inspiraƟon in my life. While I was doing the training, luck struck again for the third Ɵme. María Jesús Cano offered me a job at ‘4 Cuerdas’, the oldest Suzuki school in Madrid, and my life changed. The trust she placed in me has been another giŌ from the great Suzuki family. With her and a team of fantasƟc teachers we have celebrated our 25th anniversary. I am also part of a lot of fantasƟc families who I always remind of the great giŌ that they are giving to their children with their musical educaƟon. A few years ago, when I began my Instructorship to become a Teacher Trainer, I rediscovered this world from another point of view. In teaching the Suzuki pedagogy we are passing on the immense love that Dr Suzuki brought to our lives. It is the love that I have always felt from all my teachers and from all those teachers my Suzuki training has put in my path. None of this would have been possible without the support of my family - my husband who supports and helps in all my decisions and my daughters who make me be a beƩer person and a beƩer teacher. With them I try to share all my trips and experiences in this wonderful world. As I began by saying, I dedicate myself to this beauƟful profession because it is the way to give back and be grateful for everything my teachers did for me. I firmly believe that together we can make a beƩer world if we fill it with love, respect and music. That's what I want to do - share my Ɵme, knowledge, passion and deep love for what I do. I'm certainly very lucky! 2023 Teacher Trainer Appointments Carlota Alonso Jarơn VIOLIN, SPAIN
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