ENQualified future music teachers must have certain musical competences and teaching skills. The research is centred on future music teachers of Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and their thoughts concerning the importance of music competence. The aim of the research is to reveal the peculiarities of future teachers' musical competence in the study process. According to the collected data, students relate musical competence expression of future music teachers to the improvement of self-development, as well as the development of musical skills. Keywords: education of future music teachers, music teacher, musical competences.