In the autonomous republic, as well as in different spheres of culture, the activities of children’s music schools are also kept in focus, and various activities are carried out to train young cadres. One of such events is the organization of methodical courses on relevant subjects for teachers of children’s music, arts and crafts schools operating in the autonomous republic.
The next methodical course was held on 1 November at Julfa City Children’s Music School for teachers of general education of children’s musical schools subordinated to the Culture and Tourism Department of the Region. Advisor of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Leyla Alimardanova spoke at the methodological course on solfecio, music and choral subjects stated that the main purpose of teaching methodical courses for teachers on various subjects related to musical art is to enrich the teaching methods of teachers on relevant subjects and to increase their professionalism and knowledge. Teaching methods and practical lessons learned for teachers during the methodological courses offer a wide range of opportunities for the students to master the subjects easily that they are teaching. Today’s solfecio, music literarature and choral courses will contribute to the beneficial utilization of teachers’ teaching methods and will play an important role in deeply embracing the topics of the subjects mentioned above. It was emphasized that proper teaching of solfecio subjects is one of the most important issues in improving students’ ability to hear music, as well as to improve their music note reading skills. Also, the high level teaching of Azerbaijani musical literature and choral subjects will result in the formation of musical sense of the pupils, perform the vocal works in the combination of content and form.
After giving detailed information about the program of subjects to be taught to students, teachers of Nakhchivan City Children’s Music School No. 3 named after Safar Rajabov Nuray Huseynova and Mohtarama Gafarova, teacher of Nakhchivan Musical College Ruhiyya Dunyamaliyeva conducted a methodological lesson on the subjects of solfecio, chorus and musical literature on the seven and five year education system.
It was stated that teaching solfecio, musical literature and choral music in children’s music schools greatly contributes to the development of musical sense of the pupils and enhance the experience of performing in a large extent. Students also acquire knowledge about the genres and features of these genres, folk and professional musical forms, musical expression means, musical instruments, symphonic orchestras and ensemble structures in the teaching of music literature. It was noted that in the teaching of music literature there are detailed information about the life and creativity of composers, their role and importance in world music history, as well as their position. A special place in the teaching of music literature is the musical materials. Throughout the lesson, students are informed of the great variety of works starting from the song genre. In addition to classical music in teaching musical literature, it is important to pay attention to the study of folk music.
It was noted that during the teaching of choir subject the performing and singing skills of the pupils should be kept in mind and the potential for their choir direction should be properly evaluated. Effective organization of chorus lessons will eventually lead to the formation of a professional singers’ team. For this purpose, regular exercises should be held with the musical plays composed by the collective for choir classes, and all the performances of the collective members should be evaluated professionally.
Then, discussions were held on the discussed topics and teachers’ questions were answered.