The role of teacher is one of many facets of our lives or one of several functions that we fulfill as human beings. It is important to discover what ll 15 to be a teacher and what place this persona will play in the totality of our lives. How we conceive ofthis function and its location in lived life determines how we go about being teachers. Will it consume us utterly, will it have a central but circumscribed role. or will it be an activity that is marginal to our purpose as creative musicians or ancillary to other things? Practically speaking, what a teacher is and the place of teaching in our lives
are interconnected matters. There is no one answer to these questions and
we need to discover answers for ourselves. What follows are aspects that I
have discovered to be important in my role as a teacher, namely, being true
to oneself, learning to listen to one’s inner teacher, accepting one‘s limitations, teaching to one's strengths. keeping an open mind. and developing
one's art-craft.