ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates Greek Cypriot children's musical identities in relation to ethnicity, globalization, Westernization, Europeanization and modernization and their hegemonic impact on the cultural and musical context of the Republic of Cyprus during the historically important period just before, during and after Cyprus's accession to the European Union in May 2004. It invites educators and researchers to take into consideration the position of musical identity at each stage of childhood and to appreciate the hard and honest work children undertake in order to produce inclusive identities. Musical identities are constructed locally and shaped in social interactions, while at the same time being informed, enabled and constrained by larger social structures and historical moments. Children are agents of their own musical becoming and creators of new meanings and change in their daily musical practices. Children often refer to the issue of age as a determining influence on whether or not they appreciate Cypriot traditional music.
