IMPROVEMENT OF MASTERS’ ORIENTATION IN VARIOUS VOCAL-PERFORMING STYLES

The problem of enriching the content of the training of undergraduates ‒ academic vocalists on the ground of their orientation in various performing styles is analysed in the article. The topicality of the problem is associated with the need for future teachers to take into account the interests of students in a greater extent and to be able to critically analyse the style manners to which new generations lean toward alongside with the importance of specialists' adaptation to the conditions of the modern school reality and increase of the requirements to their own self-entertaining musical activities. The aim of the article is to substantiate the essence of the concept «orientation in vocal-performing styles», to identify differences and commonality in the academic and pop manner of singing, into which students in one form or another are involved within the educational process and during their pedagogical practice. The essence of the concept «orientation» is considered, it means the ability to recognize the basic features and features of a phenomenon that does not imply mastering them to the full. However, the presence of orientation in certain phenomena allows an individual, if necessary, to independently deepen his / her understanding, to use his / her knowledge to create the corresponding skills and abilities. The nature of the psycho-physiological and cognitive expediency of the individual's orienting activity, the features of its manifestation in the cognitive educational activity within the sphere of vocal education are revealed. It is stated that today the broad segments of the population of many countries prefer entertainment and variety art, which demonstrates the need for its serious study and use of these tendencies with the greatest benefit for the musical education of modern youth. This confirms the importance of training the modern teacher of Music in the context of developing his / her readiness for the orientation in all the variety of musical phenomena. Orientation in the field of pop music is important for future specialists because a school teacher, while teaching pupils singing, uses a repertoire the major part of which relates to the genre of pop songs, therefore, he / she must understand what the features of the relevant performing skills are. Different views on the qualitative characteristics of a number of articulatory-performing skills ‒ vocal breathing and sound formation in different vocal styles ‒ are analysed; the expediency of orientation in their peculiarities is represented from the point of view of mutual enrichment and the search for new ways in the methodology of training future specialists. The role of the orientation activity in the acquisition, by the master course students, of the ability to evaluate innovative skills and methods of professional activity, to discover new ways of self-improvement in compliance with the socio-cultural needs of the modern society is marked.