Acting Department Chairman Liu Chu-wei believes that many people don't think they like Chinese traditional music simply because they haven't heard much of it. At the National Institute of the Arts, students are "forced" to break through this mental barrier by learning to play at least one traditional instrument well.
「一般人之所以不重視傳統音樂，往往是因為沒有接觸」，音樂系代主任劉岠渭表示，「現在音樂系『強迫』學生打破隔閡，從學習傳統樂器開始，再逐漸瞭解傳統音樂，進而喜歡它、研究它。」