Music and Time Annotation << Back Musical and Creative Development of Children in the Classes of Instrumentalists of Additional Education Institutions O.A. Blok The article is devoted to the study of musical and creative development of children in the classes of instrumentalists of institutions of additional education. Receives a justification for the relevance of the stated problem. Attention is drawn to the fact that the comprehension of musical art determines the development of seven important principles in unity: conscious and unconscious, objective and subjective, emotional-sensory and logical-semantic, operational-technological and ideological-figurative, traditional and innovative, canonical and specific, reproductive and productive (creative). The role of instrumental performance in the formation of young musicians is revealed. An example of a model of the manifestations of creative activity of children in the classes of instrumentalists is given. The idea is emphasized that the initiation of creative activity of young instrumentalists can be carried out through the variability of pedagogical displays of compositions, the development of empathy, convergent and divergent thinking, fantasy, the formation of ideal models of artistic images. It is indicated that flexibility, motor-motor coordination, psychophysiological and technical freedom, controllability of performing actions-movements are an essential factor in the creative development of young instrumentalists. The prospects for further research are the need to study the processes of predicting the creative development of children, diagnosing their spiritual and creative potential. Keywords: children, musical and creative development, class, instrumental performance, young instrumentalists, performing apparatus, performing actions-movements. Pp. 39-42.