One hundred years of the national system of professional musical education of brass musicians

The article describes the main stages of the development of the national system of professional music education in the fi ld of performance on orchestral wind musical instruments. Th ee stages of its development are identified: pre-revolutionary, Soviet and modern. It is revealed that the basis of this system in the form in which we observe it today was formed exactly one hundred years ago - in the 1921-1922 academic year. The article analyzes the main characteristic features inherent in the system of professional education of spiritual teachers in each of the studied periods. Based on the results of the study, a number of conclusions were made about the causes of the current state and prospects for further development of the domestic system of professional musical education of performers on orchestral wind musical instruments.