ELECTED DIMENSIONAL ASPECTS OF PERFORMANCE MUSIC EDUCATION (IN SLOVAKIA)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION Education is one of the key factors in the development of every society. Already in ancient times, matters of education (initially of the younger generation, later also of teachers) became part of various philosophical tracts. Gradually, dilemmas about the education broadened, and preschoolers, adults, or seniors were added to the cogitation about child education. With the development of pedagogy as a science, the range of knowledge about education has gradually expanded, and was enriched with aspects of various non-teaching disciplines. In addition to general education, more and more attention has also been paid to professional training. Nowadays, we can find a lot of materials for example about education of athletes or children with different disabilities, but musicians’ education is still not getting enough attention. Although numerous material is available in the form of methodological manuals for teaching instruments, such as organ, violin, piano, etc., more general questions about musician’s education are only partially addressed. Similarly, a number of children’s education publications in various fields, including music, is available, but it is dedicated to collective pupil’s music education in elementary/primary school. At present, general literature on performance music education is absent in Slovakia, which motivated us to choose the topic of our article. We pay attention to selected aspects of performance music education in three dimensions: personal, organizational and philosophical.