Abstract: the article considers the content of professional knowledge, skills and abilities of future choir conductors as the basis of their professional education.
It was established that the specifics of the profession of conductor-choirmaster are such that all his activities are in the center of the most close attention, both of the singers of the choir, and of his real and effective listeners. And therefore the whole appearance of the conductor, all properties of personality and character, professional equipment and education are reflected in the real choir sound.
Training in the conductor-choir profession takes place in special secondary and higher educational institutions: musical and pedagogical colleges, music schools, music faculties of pedagogical institutes and universities and conservatoriums. Thus, it is possible to speak about a significant number of students who understand the professional foundations of the conductor profession.
Issues of professional education were established, which allow future choirworkers in the conditions of education in higher education institutions, provide training as a result of systematic study of the cycle of interconnected special and general cultural training disciplines and are conditioned by the polypuctionality of the profession “choir conductor”.
Keywords: choir conductor, choir, conducting, professional knowledge and education