Pedagogical bases of formation of Suvorov military school students' patriotic qualities by means of military and musical traditions in the educational environment of the college

The article describes the features of forming of student patriotism through military musical traditions in the educational environment of a professional military educational institution. Military Russian musical tradition is a unique phenomenon in the national musical culture reflecting the heroic history of our people and the great achievements in art and culture; they are important teaching tools of patriotic upbringing. Appealing to military history, military music and Orthodox traditions, using of symbols, rituals, attributes of the Russian army play an important role in the upbringing of student’s patriotism and affect cadets’ desire to serve the Motherland in the future. Sociocultural activity may be the main component of the educational system in the military institution. It optimizes the process of formation of the student patriotic qualities and has enormous potential for the tasks in the field of patriotic education. Cadets’ active and creative activities are the basis of the sociocultural activities in college. This is an important feature of the college. The main function of this activity is the transfer of military traditions of musical culture that actively contributes to high moral, psychological and patriotic qualities of the person.