Women’s Bandura Ensembles. Aspects of Working with Small Vocal Ensembles

Abstract

The paper describes the specific features in the functioning of women’s bandura ensembles. In particular, it gives a historiographical picture of vocal-instrumental bandura performance, describes the stages of academisation of women’ssinging in bandura ensembles, and overviews the main methodological approaches of work with women’s vocal-instrumental bandura ensembles. Women’s bandura ensembles as an academic genre trend of Ukrainian musical culture have three fields of study: vocal and instrumental (performers), genre and stylistic (composers), and social and educational (cultural). Also, it is important to pay due attention to the widening of theoretical knowledge and practical skills, and to serious work on the methods of improving the performing and expressing components of singing and playing bandura in the ensemble.