Objective. Substantiation of expediency of realization of the cultural approach in musical and pedagogical preparation of the future experts of art education. The methodology of the research consists in the study of the culturological approach in relation to the musical and pedagogical preparation of students - future specialists in the field of art education. This methodological approach allows us to disclose and analyze certain aspects and components of vocational training of future music teachers in social relations, to find a dynamic view of the future of man, new dimensions of his self-realization. Scientific novelty of the work is to expand the understanding of the possibilities of culturological impact in the musical and pedagogical preparation of students: an awareness of the potential of the culturological approach in the educational process; enriching the cultural space of students; the realization of the principle of cultural appropriateness as a sign of artistic education; as means of formation and development of student culture: universal, pedagogical, artistic. Conclusions. The culturological approach provides a methodological basis for the professional training of future specialists in art education, namely: on the affirmation of universal human values, value-semantic accents of activity; the fundamental provisions of normative documents concerning the cultural appropriateness of musical and pedagogical activity, the unity of universal and national, public and personal, theoretical and practical, education and upbringing.