Features of Work With Sacred Choral Works in the Classes of the Educational Choral Collective

Abstract

The article analyzes the problem of working with sacred choral works in classes of an educational choir. The role of religious and spiritual culture and sacred choral art is covered. Domestic national values and priorities in the current conditions are outlined. The importance of sacred choral music in the repertoire of the student choir is also substantiated; the system of Christian values based on the Holy Scriptures, and the conciliar spiritual experience of the Church is singled out. The norms of phonetics of hymns in the Church Slavonic language are outlined, it is noted that the texts of hymns originate from liturgical books such as “Irmology”, “The Octave”, “New Testament”, “Old Testament”, “Horology”. Sacred choral music is considered a factor of spiritual and moral qualities of student youth; determined that at the present stage one of the pressing issues and tasks of art education is the revival of the nation’sspirituality, the search for new landmarks, a new system of values. The positivity of the influence of spiritual singing on people is proved, which is confirmed by Christian writers and teachers of the Church, such as St. John Chrysostom, st. Vasily the Great, st. Isidore Pelusiot; it has been proved that sacred music is a source of harmony with the world, a harmony of one’s feelings and thoughts.Choral singing is a carrier of enormous informational and educational potential, containing interdisciplinary communicative connections of the main subjects of the musical cycle: solfeggio, music theory, harmony, polyphony, history of music, analysis of musical forms, solo singing, and conducting.The article examines the main problem in the work of choirmasters, namely, the lack of knowledge of the traditional style of sacred music, its genre affiliation, and stylistic features.
 Keywords: sacred choral music; spiritual development of personality; vespers service; hymns; church traditions; liturgy; intonation; psalms; Christian values.