THE MEANING OF A MUSICIAN-PERFORMER’S APPLIED COMPETENCE IN THE SYSTEM OF HIGHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Abstract

. In modern socio-cultural conditions, activities of the musician-performer become extensive and multifaceted: they include performing music, teaching singing or playing the musical instruments, organizing and realizing cultural and educational events, composing or arranging music, working in the media, producing, leading a creative collective, working in popular music genres. Therefore, the future specialist in the field of musical and performing arts needs to possess a variety of professional competencies acquired during the training at a university. However, modern education programs imply that students do not have all the competencies that modern life requires. The task of the study is to determine the degree of readiness of graduates of musical faculties to have professional activities in various fields most in demand in the labor market in Moscow, and to identify areas of activity in which graduates of music faculties themselves would like to work. Results of the study prove the assumption that modern training programs ensure that students master the “traditional” competencies of a musician-performer (pedagogy and performance), while others are not given enough attention. At the same time, students themselves prefer to own a variety of competencies that give them the opportunity to engage in various types of creativity, find their professional path and compete in the labor market.