SINGING COURSES FOR UKRAINIAN FAMILIES AS A TEHNOLOGY TO REVIVE THE TRADITIONS OF UKRAINIAN SINGING NOWADAYS

The article highlights the author’s practical experience in organizing and conducting singing courses for Ukrainian families in various educational institutions – preschool, after-school, and school, as well as, in cultural institutions, and centers of the Ukrainian community in other countries. Different forms of Ukrainian singing classes using the “song diary” video blog, the innovative “song basket” technology, online schools for mothers, etc. have been considered. The author investigates the issue of preserving and reviving the traditions of Ukrainian singing in everyday life and analyzes their role in the formation of spiritual and aesthetic values of the younger generation. The singing courses, which have been running for five years and for an audience of all ages, are aimed at the musical and comprehensive development of Ukrainian adults and children. Singing courses for Ukrainian families are a technology for reviving the traditions of Ukrainian singing in modern conditions. They are essential for national identification of the nation, and patriotic upbringing of the younger generation. The art-therapeutic effect of Ukrainian singing consists in harmonizing the atmosphere and relations in a family or social circle; in particular, it contributes to the moral recovery of military personnel and their relatives. During the research, various methods have been used. They are the following: theoretical (analysis, systematization, and generalization of scientific and pedagogical experience, situation modeling, etc.); empirical (questionnaires, surveys, conversation, pedagogical observation, organization of events, identification of pedagogical conditions and verification in practice of various forms of work on the formation of the culture of Ukrainian singing in course participants, methodical support and online training). Singing courses made it possible to reveal the multi-vector nature of implemented artistic and educational projects, such as “Song Diary,” “Secrets of Ukrainian Singing,” “Ukrainian Singing Online,” “Ukrainian Singing for Mothers,” “Song Party,” “Let’s Win with a Song!,” “Song Svetlytsia,” “Song Basket,” “Universe of Ukrainian Singing,” “Pysulky vid Mamulka” etc. In the future, a presentation of a mobile application for studying the first fifty Ukrainian songs and a website with content (audio lessons, manuals, a repertoire list, and useful links) will be prepared.