Musicology Annotation << Back On Amateur Choir Singing A.V. Vyunova The paper is concerned with the problem of developing vocal and choral skills of singers in an amateur chorus. Experience of vocal teachers and choirmasters is summarized and eventually using of activation methods of aural perception and vocal reproduction is considered to be necessary. Basic requirements for vocal work in choir in correspondence with peculiarity of amateur chorus are shown. Keywords: choir, singing, vocal training, choral skills, aural perception, vocal reproduction, activation methods, amateur performance. E-mail: viounova@mail.ru