Music teacher identity is constructed at the intersection between musician and teacher. This study investigated the meaning of music-making among Korean novice music teachers and its role in constructing music teacher identity. Five music teachers participated in this study, and I used two data collection methods, reflective journaling and individual interviews. The results showed that while playing their instruments outside the classroom, several music teachers understood the importance of music in their lives, which was essential in constructing music teacher identities. In addition, playing outside the classroom allowed these participants to demonstrate their musical abilities to students, parents and other teachers and gain credibility as music teachers. However, other participants did not appear to recognise the importance of the intersection between music-making outside the classroom and teaching, which was an obstacle to music-making. Music-making inside the classroom was an important pedagogical tool to teach low-level students effectively. Importantly, regardless of their level of music-making inside the classroom, novice music teachers commonly viewed professional playing skills with primary and secondary instruments as important for teaching.

音乐教师身份是在音乐家和教师之间的交叉点上构建的。本研究调查了韩国音乐新手音乐教师创作音乐的意义及其在构建音乐教师身份中的作用。五位音乐老师参与了这项研究，我使用了两种数据收集方法，反思日记和个人访谈。结果表明，在课堂外演奏乐器时，一些音乐教师了解音乐在他们生活中的重要性，这对于构建音乐教师身份至关重要。此外，在课堂外演奏使这些参与者能够向学生、家长和其他老师展示他们的音乐能力，并获得作为音乐教师的信誉。然而，其他参与者似乎没有认识到课堂外音乐创作与教学之间交叉的重要性，这是音乐创作的障碍。课堂内的音乐制作是有效教授低水平学生的重要教学工具。重要的是，无论他们在课堂上的音乐创作水平如何，新手音乐教师通常认为小学和中学乐器的专业演奏技巧对教学很重要。