Institutions of additional education in China as an environment for the musical and creative development of vocal students

Abstract

The relevance of the topic of the article is determined by the fact that in modern conditions the musical and pedagogical practice of the People's Republic of China is oriented not only towards achieving high performance results, but also towards the development of creative initiative, independence, artistic imagination and the ability to interpret musical material individually. In this regard, vocal training in the system of additional education acquires particular importance as a space in which artistic and aesthetic upbringing, the development of musical abilities and the formation of the personal and creative potential of students are combined. The article clarifies the content of the concept of creativity in relation to the vocal and pedagogical process, reveals the specific features of institutions of additional education as an environment for the development of musical and creative activity, and analyses the pedagogical possibilities of vocal lessons in the formation of the creativity of students in China. Particular attention is paid to modern pedagogical approaches, technologies and organisational and methodological conditions of the creative development of children and adolescents in music education. It is concluded that the development of creativity in vocal lessons in institutions of additional education in China is a complex pedagogical process, the effectiveness of which is determined by the unity of the artistic content of teaching, the variability of methods, the cultural conditionality of the educational environment and the professional readiness of the teacher to support the individual creative formation of students.