SOFT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES IN THE SYSTEM OF PROFESSIONAL BACHELOR TRAINING OF CHOIR CONDUCTORS

Abstract

The paper studies the soft skills development technologies in the system of professional bachelor’s training of choral conductors, which are an important factor in ensuring future successful professional activity. The essence of the «soft skills» category was interpreted and the main characteristics of soft skills were investigated. It was found that there are three categories of soft skills: cognitive (critical thinking, innovative thinking, problemsolving skills, time management, etc.), social-communicative (communicative skills, communication ethics, group work skills, interpersonal skills, work ethics, etc.), personality attributes and components of emotional intelligence (emotional intelligence, flexibility, optimism, creativity, honesty, motivation, empathy, etc.). The analysis of the Higher Education Standard for the specialty 025 «Musical Art» for the first (bachelor’s level) of higher education was carried out, which defines the entire range of special professional competencies and learning outcomes of future choral conductors. An analysis of the process of formation and development of soft skills in future choral conductors was carried out through the analysis of the educational standard of their specialty. A general overview of the educational components for the «Conducting and choral art» profiling was conducted from the standpoint of ensuring the formation and development of soft skills. An analysis of the educational disciplines of the «Conducting and Choral Art» specialization was carried out, was carried out, which are aimed at the formation and development of differentiated soft skills in future choral conductors. The discipline «Professional music and performance training» was analyzed from the perspective of its opportunities to directly form soft skills of the future choir conductor, which contributes to the formation of communicative competences. It was determined that the most significant in the formation of communicative competences are personal indicators in several plans: creative-executive, social-psychological, communicative, individual-personal, moralpolitical. It was found that the communicative culture of choral conductors during the study of the educational discipline «Professional music and performance training» as an integrative personal education distinguishes the following indicators: according to the conducting-performing criterion, according to the emotional-value criterion, according to the cognitive criterion, according to the behavioral criterion. It was determined that after completing bachelor’s training, future choral conductors should develop soft skills based on the competence approach.