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 Volume 12, Issue 10 (October 2025), Pages: 52-59

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 Original Research Paper

The impact of vocal education on the development of musical and social skills in children aged 7–10 at Children’s Music School No. 1 in Almaty, Kazakhstan

 Author(s): 

 Tanagul Beknazarova 1, *, Adalyat Yussupova 1, Gulzat Daurbayeva 1, Sofiyana Blagodarnaya 1, Evgenia Smolianina 1, Masoumeh Shiri 2

 Affiliation(s):

  1Department of Vocal Art, Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  2Faculty of Arts, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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 * Corresponding Author. 

   Corresponding author's ORCID profile:  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9596-4959

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2025.10.007

 Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine how vocal instruction influences the musical, social, and academic development of children aged 7–10 at Children’s Music School No. 1 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The study evaluates the effectiveness of music education, with particular attention to group singing, in supporting children’s cognitive, social, and musical growth. A comparison was conducted between a Vocal Education Group and a Control Group. Data were collected before and after the vocal instruction through observations, teacher interviews, and questionnaires. The results show that children in the Vocal Education Group improved their social skills by 38%, musical skills by 33%, and academic performance by 18%, while the Control Group showed little progress in these areas. These findings demonstrate that group singing promotes both social cooperation and musical development. The study concludes that music education plays an important role in children’s overall development, particularly in group settings. Future research is recommended to investigate the long-term effects of vocal training and to compare its impact with other forms of music education.

 © 2025 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Vocal instruction, Music education, Group singing, Child development, Social skills

 Article history

 Received 20 April 2025, Received in revised form 22 August 2025, Accepted 6 September 2025

 Acknowledgment

No Acknowledgment. 

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations

This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Department of Vocal Arts, Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Informed consent was obtained from all participants: written from adults, written from parents/guardians for children, and verbal from children. Participation was voluntary, data anonymized, and confidentiality and dignity were strictly maintained.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Beknazarova T, Yussupova A, Daurbayeva G, Blagodarnaya S, Smolianina E, and Shiri M (2025). The impact of vocal education on the development of musical and social skills in children aged 7–10 at Children’s Music School No. 1 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 12(10): 52-59

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