ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to consider some of the ways in which individual musical identities are formed through formal and informal music learning across a range of contexts afforded by the contemporary dialectical relations between local and global musical cultures. It suggests some ways in which both similarities and differences occur in the processes of musical identity-formation and the content of musical identities. The chapter considers some of the effects of globalization and localization in relation to the provision and content of formal music education. It aims to consider some examples of the 'push-and-pull' effect of globalization versus localization in relation to musical identity-formation, and the sometimes very different effects that both sides of the dialectic can produce. The chapter aims to examine some of the different ways in which musical identity-formation is specifically intertwined with music learning, cutting across from the informal to the formal music education spheres.
