THE POTENTIAL OF ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF TEACHING WIND INSTRUMENTS

For a long time, Russian music education was dominated by the approach focused on training solo musicians, while abroad, the emphasis has long been placed on teaching students’ collective music-making. In an attempt to determine which approach is preferable, the author analyses the potential of ensemble music as an effective method of teaching musicians, conducts a statistical study of the professional paths of graduates of the Saint Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, and compares the German and Russian educational programmes in higher education institutions. At the end of the article, the author provides recommendations for improving the effectiveness of training wind instrument musicians in Russian institutions.