Margot Jewell has been immersed in the Suzuki world for the last 50 years, training with many inspiring pedagogues, including Shinichi Suzuki in Matsumoto in 1985. She began her Suzuki teaching in Hamilton and then at Etobicoke Suzuki Music (Toronto) which she co-founded in 1982. The Suzuki Association of the Americas appointed her as a teacher trainer and she enjoys working with adults in that capacity. She was honoured to serve on the boards of the Suzuki Association of Ontario and the Suzuki Association of the Americas. From 1975 she was a free lance violinist playing with many symphony, chamber, and baroque ensembles in the GTA, Hamilton and St Catharines. Margot is an active festival adjudicator and has enjoyed adjudicating local and provincial festivals across Canada from the Yukon to Prince Edward Island. She has travelled across Canadaand to the USA and Bermuda as a string examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music. Margot is the proud mother of an adult violinist and cellist, who both still enjoy playing their instruments and she loves teaching her grandchildren. She recently retired from teaching students in Toronto and now lives with her husband in Huntsville Ontario, near their family.