Marcela Joachimstaler

Marcela Joachimstaler came to Kentucky from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in December of 2010. She has been the primary private and group violin teacher since 2013 at The Guitar Academy in Bowling Green, KY and faculty teacher at the Pre-College Strings Program at Western Kentucky University in the same city since 2017.

She began her music studies on piano and later violin and music education. She performed in different music ensembles all over Mexico as well as on national radio and TV. She taught in different elementary schools and music schools in San Miguel de Allende and in Mexico City.

In 2000 she started her Suzuki training with teachers from the Suzuki Association of the Americas and she has been teaching with this method ever since, from Early Childhood Education to Violin Book 3. She has taught children as young as 9 months old to adults over 60.

Marcela is fluent in Spanish and English and has intervene as a translator at Suzuki training classes.

She is currently enjoying teaching Suzuki violin to students starting at 2 years old, and is excited to be part of the music community in Bowling Green and Glasgow, KY.