PROFESSIONAL JAZZ VOCALIST’S FORMATION UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION (BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND ARTISTIC EDUCATION OF VLADIMIR STATE UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER ALEXANDER AND NIKOLAY STOLETOVS): KEY METHODS AND FORMS OF WORK
The article analyses a professional jazz vocalist’s stage-by-stage formation and development in the process of higher musical education. The paper considers the problem of students’ low interest in studying vocal jazz in comparison with pop music. According to the author, relevant educational tasks in the process of teaching vocal jazz should include regular performance tasks focused on gradual adoption of jazz compositions, and the level of a student’s vocal and jazz competence depends on his efficient work with a teacher over the whole study period under the condition of strictly organized educational process.