近期以来,不少青少年朋友对我说,对美声和民族唱法的歌曲缺乏欣赏的激情。也有教育界、学术界的有识之士不断呼吁,声乐教育应该成为人们关注的一个社会问题。我作为一个音乐教育工作者,经过多年来的教学和演出实践,对音乐教育尤其是声乐教育有一定的了解和体会,就此与广大青年朋友们谈一些看法。当前我们对青少年朋友的声乐教育相对比较薄弱,尤其是学生的音乐素质普遍较低。我这里所说的声乐教育,不同于培养专门艺术人才的专业教育,而是指提高青少年的文化修养、鉴赏能力、审美情趣,培养全面发展的艺术素质教育。在教育体制方面,教育改革滞后, Recently, many young friends told me that there is a lack of passion for appreciating the songs of the beautiful voice and the national singing style. There are also people in education and academia who are constantly calling for vocal education to become a social issue of concern. As a music educator, after years of teaching and performance practice, I have got a good understanding of music education, especially vocal music education. I have some comments with the young friends. At present, our vocal education to teenagers and friends is relatively weak. In particular, the students’ music quality is generally low. The vocal education that I am talking about here is different from the professional education of cultivating specialized artistic talents. It means improving the cultural cultivation, appreciation ability, aesthetic taste of adolescents and cultivating all-round development of artistic quality education. In the education system, education reform lags behind,