Content and Structure of Professional Skills of a Children''s Choir Leader
The author considers the problem of professional skills of a children’s choir leader. The characteristic features of modern conditions of choral creativity are analyzed with emphasis on the need to improve the professionalism of specialists. Understanding of basic components of choirmaster professionalism is summarized. The author suggests a model of professional skills based on the analysis of modern children’s choral performance practice. This model is regarded as a holistic unity of objective (technological, social and psychological) and subjective (cultural and personal) professional qualities required for a successful work with a children’s collective.