Formation of Modern Carriers of Russian Folk Singing Traditions in the System of Additional Musical Education
This article provides a theoretical ground for the author’s pedagogical strategy, which consists in the gradual formation of modern carriers of Russian singing traditions, within the framework of the system of additional musical education. The author consistently reviews the content of each of the three selected stages of formation: Stage 1: ethno-performer teenager (13-14 years of age) who have their fragmentary ethno-cultural experience; Stage 2: ethnophor is the translator of the tradition fully mastered the inherited ethno-cultural experience to the youthful age of 16-20 years; Stage 3: ethno-teacher who owns ethno-cultural performing experience and pedagogical techniques after graduating from the secondary and higher education. The author theoretically substantiates the educational models of Novgorod authentic (genuine) folk singing pedagogy, explaining the instrumental mechanisms of the functioning folk traditions and the formation of the carriers of these traditions. As an example, the author presents its educational methodological model of the education process for the Novgorod folkloric local and regional song tradition from infancy to their formation as ethno-performers. The model includes the development of the Novgorod ethno-cultural, orthodox extra temple and secular singing heritage by students; the complexes of objects of folklore disciplines and general music courses. Pedagogical approaches to learning established tradition combine the valuable methodological and pedagogical potential of authentic folk singing and secular pedagogy. They provide the processes of functioning of the established tradition and the processes of formation of its carriers. This model is universal, acceptable for the introduction into the system of additional children’s education in any Russian region.