DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ TRUMPET SKILLS AT CHILDREN’S MUSIC SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN’S SCHOOLS OF ARTS

Abstract

The article analyzes the outcomes of a pedagogical experiment aimed at developing trumpet students’ performance skills at children’s music schools and centers for arts. Consideration is given to a well-grounded comprehensive approach centered on mindful trumpet attack, articulation, proper shaping of a musical interpretation, and balanced embouchure. The work presents results obtained at children’s music school, highlighting difference in the trumpet playing levels of the control and experimental groups’ participants. Special attention is given to the integration of such elements as playing technique, interpretation, and reflection, impactfulness of developing trumpet students holistic thinking skills being dwelled upon. The findings demonstrate effectiveness of the given methodology for and pre-professional music education. The article concludes that the integration of technical, artistic, stylistic and reflexive components of learning, as well as the appropriate format of pedagogical interaction (dialogue and cooperation) ensures stable positive dynamics and creates conditions for the formation of a conscious approach of students-trumpeters of the DMSH and DSHI to performing activities.