The article deals with the process of training professional staff to organize music and educational work with various age groups. The educational practice of a university is focused on the formation of a wide range of vocational competences, and communication skills play a special role among them. In the context of formation of readiness for musical and educational activities of a future teacher of music, the article presents the experience of successful organization and functioning of the student philharmonic as a creative association of students and teachers.

The article deals with the possible solutions to the problem of development of music taste of modern school students. The author represents the fragments of music lessons that demonstrate the integration of innovative methods and techniques into the educational process in the implementation of system, activity and contextual approaches that facilitate the mobility of learners in early teens anddevelopment of their readiness to orient in variety of music.