An important direction of scientific work at the Academy is ensuring the scientific activities of the departments, the implementation of initiative topics in the second half of the workload of the teaching staff of the departments. The result of scientific activities is the publication of scientific articles, the compilation and scientific editing of collections of scientific papers, as well as the writing of monographs, work on musical publications, speeches at scientific conferences, etc.
In 2018, 4 Department initiative topics were registered in the Belarusian Institute of System Analysis:
As a result of the research, a generalization of the achievements of the Belarusian musicological science has been carried out, the main directions of current research in the field of music theory have been identified, characterized, associated with global artistic processes; the methodological foundations of musicological analysis have been updated, which determine the unity of the ontological basis of the trends in the development of academic musical art in Belarus and the world, the modern paradigm of fundamental concepts and terms of music theory has been clarified (“genre”, “style”, “composition”, “thematic invention”, etc.) that fit national art into the context of world art on a single methodological platform; the latest works by Belarusian composers, characterized from the standpoint of semantics and poetics of modern composer’s work have been included in the scientific context of modern theory; the main compositional techniques relevant for the beginning of the 21st century have been studied; methodically expedient ways of improving and increasing the efficiency of musical and pedagogical activities have been outlined (on the example of the development and rooting of the course unit “Choral solfeggio”), which offers one of the ways to use the results of scientific research not only in cognitive, but also in sensory-acoustical and musical-performing (creative)) activities.
The scientific results of the topic are reflected in the publication: Modern Belarusian composer creativity (semantics, poetics, composition techniques). Actual problems of musical intonation / comp. T.Titova; Scientific works of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. Issue 53. Series 3, Questions of music theory. – Minsk: Belarusian State Academy of Music, 2021. – 166 p.
The research results are recorded in: 20 training programs; 77 scientific articles; 5 PhD theses; 24 Master’s theses; 130 scientific reports at conferences. Among the publications made in the course of work on the initiative topic:
Questions of theory and practice of professional training of performing musicians / comp. V.Yakonyuk, I.Onoshko; Scientific works of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. Issue. 49. Series 5, Questions of performing arts history and theory. Music pedagogy. – Minsk: Belarusian State Academy of Music, 2020. – 220 p.
As a result of the research, scientific articles were published, speeches were made at conferences, collections of articles were prepared:
Choral art of Belarus in the 20th – early 21st centuries: theory, practice and actual forms of the artistic context: Part 1: Choral music by Belarusian composers of the 20th – early 21st centuries: questions of formation, genre, style: conference materials / comp.: S.Gerasimovich; editorial board: S.Gerasimovich and others – Minsk: Belarusian State Academy of Music, 2021. – 164 p.
Most of the materials enrich the content of academic course units read at the Education Institution “Belarusian State Academy of Music” (“Belarusian Music History”, “Music History of Eurasian Countries”, “Foreign Music History”, “Musical Folklore”, “Belarusian Liturgical Music History”, “Musical Textology”, etc.), are used in the activities of the Professional Development and Staff Retraining Faculty of the Academy. The most significant results are summarized in the collection of scientific articles of the Department:
“Musical culture of Belarus: national “voice” in the artistic score of the world” / comp. E.Lisova, E.Oleinikov; Scientific works of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. Issue. 55. – Minsk: Belarusian State Academy of Music, 2022. – 218 p.
Currently, the Academy is working on the following initiative topics of the Departments:
The purpose of the assignment is to review and systematize the current trends in improving the modern methods of teaching music-theoretical course units at the level of Higher education.
The purpose of the research is the scientific substantiation and systematization of the practice-oriented directivity of the content of historical (musical performance) and psychological and pedagogical course units of the 1st and 2nd stages of Higher music education.
The purpose of the work is analyzing the system of a creative person’s value orientations in the spiritual, moral, social and cultural space of the Belarusian society in the 21st century, determining the value of music in the relationship of the ontological status and the axiological approach to the forms of its comprehension, the content of a musical work from the point of view of moral and aesthetic categories; a holistic, conceptual consideration of the relationship between the processes taking place in the contemporary musical art of Belarus, identifying the specifics and purpose of musical art in society and in the system of specific art typology.
The purpose of the assignment is identifing and systematizing the pedagogical and performing traditions of the bayan (accordion) school in the context of modern professional education.
The purpose of the assignment is studying the issues of performing interpretation of modern music for wind instruments in the context of teaching a special course in music education institutions.
The purpose of the research is reviewing and systematizing the current trends and forms of concert and performing activities in the field of academic choral performing art.
«History of the String Bow Instruments Department of Belarusian State Academy of Music: Art. Performance. Pedagogy» (String Bow Instruments and Chamber Ensemble Department, scientific supervisor – Associate Professor T. Bodneva, 2024-2027, State Registration number 20241779).
The purpose of the study is to identify and systematize the teaching and performance traditions at the String Bow Instruments Department in the historical context of the formation and development of the Department from the 1930s to the first quarter of the 21st century.
The development of the topic will expand and significantly supplement the existing scientific and educational-methodical literature devoted to the problems of modern professional music education in Belarus. The research results will be implemented in the methodology and practice of teaching lectures and practical courses, as well as scientific and methodological disciplines at Belarusian State Academy of Music. Knowledge of their history will contribute to the rise of national self-awareness of young musicians and the use of the best traditions and achievements of the past in the professional development of the future generation.
At the final stage of the topic development, it is planned to create new teaching and methodological materials that expand the information space in the teaching of academic disciplines of historical (musical performance) and scientific and methodological (methodology) focus in institutions of secondary and higher music education; publishing articles and preparing reports for presentations at international and national conferences of faculty members, reflecting information on the work of teachers of the String Bow Instruments and Chamber Ensemble Department, analysis of their creative, pedagogical and performing activities; introducing new knowledge into the activities of educational and scientific institutions and organizations with the aim of preserving traditions and developing professional musical art and education.
«Course on the history of Belarusian music of the 20th – 21st centuries in the context of current issues of musicology and the experience of teaching musical-historical and ethno-folklore disciplines at Belarusian State Academy of Music» (Department of Music History and Musical Belarusian Studies, scientific supervisor – PhD of Art History, Associate Professor E. Lisova, 2024-2026, State Registration number 20241778).
The purpose of the research is to update the course on the history of Belarusian music in the lecture and practical parts, taking into account modern trends in science and education.
The results of the research will be implemented in the educational process of Belarusian State Academy of Music. It is also possible to use the publication by other educational and cultural institutions that have a similar discipline in the curriculum or need information material on the history of Belarusian music.
The use of the results of the research will contribute to the popularization, preservation and promotion of Belarusian composers’ art, increasing the effectiveness of the educational process in educational institutions in the field of culture and art of the Republic of Belarus.
At the final stage of the development of the topic, it is planned to create a manuscript of the textbook “History of Belarusian Music: XX-XXI centuries”, musical and sound appendices to it, as well as a curriculum for the discipline.
