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my ambitions, traditions, memories, and influences 

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my ambitions, traditions, memories, and influences 

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Parts of my identity include my personal history, my interests, my cultural background, etc. As a musician, I think about my instrumentation or preferred musical genres of playing as well as performance experiences. As a music teacher, I think about how I serve my students. 

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Parts of my identity include my personal history, my interests, my cultural background, etc. As a musician, I think about my instrumentation or preferred musical genres of playing as well as performance experiences. As a music teacher, I think about how I serve my students. 

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I grew up with music so music making connects me to my family (past) and allows me to connect with my students (now).

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I grew up with music so music making connects me to my family (past) and allows me to connect with my students (now).

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To me, being a musician is being a music maker/participator. 

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To me, being a musician is being a music maker/participator. 

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I think of identity as the sum of a person's background (family, community, etc.) and experiences, as well as their own individual feelings and opinions.

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I think of identity as the sum of a person's background (family, community, etc.) and experiences, as well as their own individual feelings and opinions.

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The sum of my life pours out when I teach

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A person who makes or engages with music

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A person who makes or engages with music

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I try to remain authentic in my SELF.  Sometimes I try to think too hard.  But when I am myself, and I just play or perform, my story is being told. 

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I try to remain authentic in my SELF.  Sometimes I try to think too hard.  But when I am myself, and I just play or perform, my story is being told. 

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Being a musician is to be an artist, a story-teller, but most importantly, a person. Music transcends so many boundaries we face in our lives, and gives accessibility to creative expression that we otherwise may not have access to. Music is a part of everything we do, and is an inseparable part of who we are as people.

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I think of identity as the mask we wear for others, what we want others to think we are.

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I think of identity as the mask we wear for others, what we want others to think we are.

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Musician sounds intimidating to me (not sure why) just very skilled, perfect. But music and music making (for belonging to a community) feels much more inclusive. That is where I like to focus.

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Musician sounds intimidating to me (not sure why) just very skilled, perfect. But music and music making (for belonging to a community) feels much more inclusive. That is where I like to focus.

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Character, how you see yourself and what you want from life

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Character, how you see yourself and what you want from life

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By finding the music that I resonate with most, applying it to curricula, and sharing it with my students

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By finding the music that I resonate with most, applying it to curricula, and sharing it with my students

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gender, spirituality, hopes, dreams, aspiration - I don't categorize myself separately as a person, musician, teacher, I am the same person doing different things to satisfy various needs/desires

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gender, spirituality, hopes, dreams, aspiration - I don't categorize myself separately as a person, musician, teacher, I am the same person doing different things to satisfy various needs/desires

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A musician is a trained music maker who is fueled by their love of music!

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A musician is a trained music maker who is fueled by their love of music!

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I arrived at this definition through my experience as a musician and as an educator when I combined those 2 jobs and started mentally categorizing my students into the following: Music Lovers, Music Makers, Musicians. You never leave the earlier categories, you build upon them!

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Identity is growth. From day to day and moment to moment, we are constantly reinventing who we are and the kind of people we want to be in the world.

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My identity is first of all my culture, my family roots, the traditions I share and preserve

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My identity is first of all my culture, my family roots, the traditions I share and preserve

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My cultural background, environment where I am at, career goal, belief, and etc. As a teacher, I think about myself as life-long learner because I think I have a lot of things to learn and adapt for my lesson and for my students. 

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My cultural background, environment where I am at, career goal, belief, and etc. As a teacher, I think about myself as life-long learner because I think I have a lot of things to learn and adapt for my lesson and for my students. 

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As

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I don't make too much effort to explicitly explain my identity, though I assume that much of it comes out through my words and actions anyway.

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I don't make too much effort to explicitly explain my identity, though I assume that much of it comes out through my words and actions anyway.

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My identity includes my history, my background, where I came from.  It also includes my present my family, friends and my life.  As a music teacher it shapes how I structure my lessons and what activities I do with my students.  

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My identity includes my history, my background, where I came from.  It also includes my present my family, friends and my life.  As a music teacher it shapes how I structure my lessons and what activities I do with my students.  

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When I was a teenager, I identified myself as a musician - this  identification remained until I was in graduate school and I lost my way-when I was surrounded by musicians who towered over me in terms of ability and skill, ripped that identity to shreds and left me in a dark place for a long time.  It was not until I switched schools and started getting more supports that I realized that my identity was not as a musician but as a person with many different facets and dimensions, one of which was being a musician.

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I am actively seeking to include music that will represent my students and their lived experiences but I suppose I am naturally draw to music that reflect my life and my identity.

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I am actively seeking to include music that will represent my students and their lived experiences but I suppose I am naturally draw to music that reflect my life and my identity.

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I see aspects of myself story and ID in the various choices I am making at the time

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I see aspects of myself story and ID in the various choices I am making at the time

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My love of music came from my elementary school music teacher

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Being able to express feelings and deliver the messages through music or a certain musical form 

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Being able to express feelings and deliver the messages through music or a certain musical form 

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Being a musician means lots of facets to me: creativity, craftsmanship, being an ambassador, passionate about what you do

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Being a musician means lots of facets to me: creativity, craftsmanship, being an ambassador, passionate about what you do

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A musician is someone who tries to express themselves with notes and rhythms

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A musician is someone who tries to express themselves with notes and rhythms

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To be someone who connects people through musical experiences

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To be someone who connects people through musical experiences

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by sharing whatever is important to me authentically via music at the time it is happening

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by sharing whatever is important to me authentically via music at the time it is happening

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Being a person, musician, and music-teacher are one and the same, and there are no aspects of this identity I can switch off or shut out. All of these aspects of my identity not only influence the way I present myself to the world, but the way on which I can connect with others on a deeper level.

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As I model music-making and interacting with music along with my students, more of my identity is revealed as well as pride in my accomplishments. Relating to my students allows me to reflect on my own story.

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Identity facets: Christian, woman, 1st generation American, heterosexual, African descent, musician, vocalist, teacher, songwriter, sister, daughter, aunt, niece, friend, public servant, worship leader, empath, humanitarian

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Identity facets: Christian, woman, 1st generation American, heterosexual, African descent, musician, vocalist, teacher, songwriter, sister, daughter, aunt, niece, friend, public servant, worship leader, empath, humanitarian

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Your love of music and engaging students in your love of music,

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Human, a Jew,  a Hydrocephalic, a friend, a  husband,a father, comic book nerd, musician, tech geek, procrastinator, over achiever, one step away from pathological at times,  but still on the side of sanity..

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Being a musician means having a love of music and making a decision that you'll always be a student of music. Developing your skills as a musician is a lifelong journey.

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Being a musician means having a love of music and making a decision that you'll always be a student of music. Developing your skills as a musician is a lifelong journey.

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I grew up with music and singing in the chorus all through school.

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I include music that speaks to my culture as well as that of my students.  I include stories their stories as well as my own.

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I include music that speaks to my culture as well as that of my students.  I include stories their stories as well as my own.

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Often I feel music and my personality are one. The music we gravitate to is how we define ourselves.