Based on the analysis of scientific and pedagogical literature and regulatory legal documents in the field of education, the relevance of the presentation and analysis of the experience accumulated at Music Education Department of the Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education in the selection and implementation of the content of psychological, pedagogical, methodological and musical performance training for the state exam of future music teachers in the professional format (demo). In accordance with the purpose of the study, the methodological basis for the content and organization of state certification was determined. The authors focus on the fact that the praxeological approach focuses on the completeness and rationality of solving the task, the efficiency of using the time allotted for completing the task, and taking into account the age and individual characteristics of students. Its purpose is reflected in the developed criteria and indicators for a comprehensive assessment of a music teacher’s readiness for teaching (through assessment of a technological map, a fragment of a lesson and its analysis). The authors determined the focus of the content of the tasks of the psychological-pedagogical, methodological and musical-performing components of the demonstration exam and gave examples of such tasks. The article substantiates the importance (arguments are given) of assessing the readiness of a future music teacher to prepare, conduct a fragment of a lesson in a demo format and analyze it; the features of preparation of future music teachers for the demonstration exam are identified and presented, related to the introduction of the modular principle of organization and content of musical pedagogical material and the difficulties of its implementation; the initial experience of conducting the state final certification of a future music teacher in the format of a demo exam «through the eyes of graduate students» is presented.
