The collection includes materials (articles, texts of reports) of the participants of the International Scientific Conference “Music Art and Science in the Modern World: Theory, Performance, Pedagogy”, held on October 26 and 27, 2016 at the Astrakhan State Conservatory .. The published materials contain a variety of problems of modern musical art, methodology of modern science, issues of theory and history of music as an art form. The publication is addressed to specialists, teachers and students of higher and secondary educational institutions of culture and art, as well as to a wide range of readers interested in the development of musical art .