History of the department

      The branch was founded in 2008, and in 2019 it was opened as a department of “Folk Art, Culture and Library Activities” in our branch. Since 2020, the “Folk Art” department has been created. The Department of Folk Art mainly includes four specializations: “Song and Dance” and “Folklore and Ethnography”, “Professional Education of Vocal Performance”, “Professional Education of Vocal Performance”.

         From October 9, 2023, this department was reorganized into the “Folklore and Ethnography” department. The department has two specializations: “Folk ethnography” and “Bakhshichilik and epic” educational direction.

Composition of professors – teachers of the department:

1. Махамматдинова Лола senior lecturer
2. Алламбергенова Гулнара Professor
3. Моянов Ыкласбай docent, (Phd)
4. Успанова Рано teaching assistant
5. Есанов Музаббар teaching assistant
6. 6. Шныбеков Алияр teaching assistant
7. Куденов Руслан teaching assistant
8. Наурызбаева Айымхан teaching assistant
9. Яхияева Шахноза teaching assistant
10. Есемуратов Бахтияр docent
11. Хожамуратова Гулпаршын teaching assistant
12. Пахратдинов Даулет docent

Subjects of scientific activity of professors and teachers conducting scientific research to improve the scientific potential of the department:

1. Maxammatdinova Lola “The peculiarities of the Karakalpak bakhshi art in aesthetic education (On the basis of art schools in 1990-2020 years)”;
2. Uspanova Rano “Improving the mechanisms of educating students in the spirit of interethnic harmony based on national songs.”

Список курсов бакалавриата:

• 5151600 – Folklore ethnography (part time)
• 60211900 – Folklore ethnography (daytime)
• 60211900 – Folklore ethnography (part time)
• 60211900- bakhsh performance and epic performance Karakalpak group (daytime)
• 60211900- bakhsh performance and epic performance Karakalpak group (daytime)

Subjects taught at the department:

• Epic performer
• Vocal performance
• Study of the musical properties of epics.
• Adjust the volume
• History of world music
• History of Uzbek music
• Folk musical art
• Uzbek, Karakalpak folklore
• Music theory
• Solfeggio
• Performance by a folk group
• Staging folklore works
• Dance
• Solo singing

Scientific activities of the department:

• 2- tutorial
• 1-Monograph
• 2-methodical treatise

Relations of the department with enterprises and organizations:

• The department is our republic for improving the training of specialists

 cultural and art institutions

• Children’s music schools,
• theater
• works on the basis of cooperation agreements with cultural and recreation parks and other organizations

Scientific activities of the department

• Scientific articles published by professors of the department in scientific journals included in the list of Higher Attestation Commission–7
• Web of Science scientific articles published in international scientific journals – 1
• Abstracts published by professors of the department at international scientific conferences – 20
• Abstracts published by professors of the department at republican scientific conferences-5