声乐教育有其自身的特点,特别是对于普通高校来说,如何从学生的主动性上来激发学生的参与意识将是课程发展的关键。本文结合普通高校在声乐选修课教学现状,对开展声乐教育的必要性和原则进行阐述,以期对更好的促进和推动普通高校声乐教育的发展和建设提供必要的理论支持. Vocal education has its own characteristics, especially for ordinary colleges and universities, how to stimulate students’ participation awareness from the initiative of students will be the key to the development of the curriculum. Based on the current situation of teaching of vocal elective courses in common colleges and universities, this paper elaborates the necessity and principle of vocal education, in order to provide the necessary theoretical support for the better promotion and promotion of the development and construction of vocal music education in colleges and universities.