The authors of the paper analyze the definition of “national self-consciousness” and outline its structure, which includes self-esteem, socio-psychological expectations, and self-identification. From the point of view of the authors of the paper, the national self-consciousness of future musical art teachers includes three interrelated components. They are: an information-cognitive one, which involves mastering the system of general knowledge and special knowledge, as well as the possession of certain information regarding one's own self-identification; an emotional and value one, which reflects patriotic feelings, the desire for the national ideal, the value attitude towards the Ukrainian cultural heritage; and a reflexive and activity one, which characterizes the awareness of the nationality, awareness of oneself as a bearer of cultural values and heritage of the nation, and awareness of one’s role in future professional activities. As a result of the analysis of the researches on the problem under our consideration, we made some conclusions about the ways of forming the national self-consciousness of young people. The authors of the paper conducted a pedagogical experiment that allowed identify methodological aspects and suggest forms and methods that should be used in the training process to form the national self-consciousness of future teachers of musical art.