ABOUT TEACHING COMPUTER MUSIC TO STUDENTS OF COMPOSITION FACULTIES OF CONSERVATORIES AND MUSIC ACADEMIES

Abstract

The relevance of the chosen topic is due to the need for a thorough study of vast possibilities of music and computer technologies. The article outlines areas of training of composers in the field of electronic musical composition in the process of their training in conservatories and academies of music. The problems in mastering modern digital musical instruments, a musical computer, as well as the skills of practical possession of computer resources, sound stations, the basics of musical sound engineering are considered. The author of the article proposes to discuss the course “Composition on a computer” as one of the elements of training future composers in creative universities, aimed at high-quality mastery of modern musical and computer tools for their use in professional creative and pedagogical activities.