Master Class as Part of Musicians Professional and Practical Training

Abstract

The article examines the features of practical training and independent work of musicians in art institutions of higher education, presents the experience of introducing master classes as a methodological component of the educational program ‘Musical Art’ for ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Master’ degrees. The purpose of the research is to analyze the practical experience of using the master class method in training musicians for the educational programs ‘Bachelor’, ‘Master’. The research methodology consists of several general scientific and special methods: analytical-search – to clarify the concepts of research; problem-search and observation method – to identify the main features of the master class; comparative – to compare the educational process as a whole and the method of transferring information within the framework of master classes; classification – for grouping master classes by type, method of conducting and tasks. The scientific novelty of the research consists in a comprehensive understanding of the practice of conducting master classes as an integral part of the professional competencies’ formation of music students in institutionalized higher music education, their systematization and classification by types, methods and tasks. Conclusions. The analysis of many of master classes held at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts made it possible to make some generalizations of practical experience and propose the following classification by type: conceptual master class, practice-oriented master class, combined master class. Own experience of initiating, planning and conducting master classes and pedagogical observation proves that the construction of the author's models of the educational process in real-time, the practical mastering of music skills within the framework of the broadcast of experience, the activation of the cognitive activity of music seekers are the most effective means of exchange and popularization of modern technologies, techniques, programs to improve professional competence, the formation of an individual creative performing style.