The paper describes the main directions of the renewal and modernization of art education in Ukraine. It is proposed to monitor and introduce students to contemporary projects that are available in the world and national cultural space. It is emphasized that the task of teachers working in art education institutions should be to provide exclusive professional knowledge and information. Special attention is paid to the need to involve such forms as workshops and master classes, which will diversify the educational process and promote the creative potential of both teachers and students. It is determined that a lot of online courses, educational programs providing distance learning have recently emerged, providing the opportunity to acquire knowledge without being in a higher education institution of artistic direction, and there is an increase in the number of educational and methodological instruments, manuals, textbooks, music publications, freely available on various Internet resourcesm. All innovations are part of the strategy of modification of contemporary art education in Ukraine, which primarily involves changing the vector of working with students and revising traditional methods of art education. Today, instead of assimilating a certain array of theoretical knowledge, the acquisition of practical skills and abilities comes to the fore, with the development of critical thinking, the ability to produce one's own thought, and the formation of an independent vision of musical works. The requirement for the student to be acquainted with innovations concerning the field of musical art: performances of leading theaters of the world, innovative interpretations of operas, ballets and other music-stage genres is being actualized, which helps to expand the students' outlook and to develop musical analysis skills. The author emphasizes the need for changes in art education as such, which should be based on the principle of interdisciplinarity, as well as for the introduction of the latest technologies related to the creation, recording and modification of music using computer programs.