ON SOME ISSUES OF WORKING ON ORTHOEPY AND DICTION IN THE STUDENT CHOIR OF THE STATE CONSERVATORY OF UZBEKISTAN

The article discusses the methodological issues of working on orthoepy and diction in choir, based on the example of studying major Western European composers’ vocal and instrumental works by students of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan. The article gives an overview of the student choir's repertoire, and also describes the brightest premieres of recent decades, which were the basis material for analyzing the methodological aspects of teaching correct pronunciation and accuracy of diction. Particular attention is paid to the issues of orthoepy in oratorios in German. Based on many years of experience, the author gives a number of valuable and proven exercises for improving orthoepy and diction in choral performance.

Purpose: to reveal the essence of the concepts of choral orthoepy and choral diction, to provide methodological recommendations for practicing correct pronunciation and clear diction when working on major vocal and instrumental works by Western European composers.

Methods: observation, generalization, methods of pedagogical empirical analysis.

Results: the problems of orthoepy and diction in the choir are characterized, methodological recommendations and exercises are given based on the work with the student choir of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan on studying vocal and instrumental works by Western European composers.

Scientific novelty: the issues of orthoepy and diction are analyzed for the first time using the example of work with the student choir of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan.

Practical application: the main provisions of the article can be used in performing and teaching activities.