In 1962 he managed to fulfill a long-cherished dream when he was accepted as a student by the renowned master of hsiao-sheng roles, Yeh Sheng-lan.
更值得一提的是，一九六二年，也就是畢業後第三年，馬玉琪終於得償夙願，拜在以帥氣英颯獨樹一格的京牌小生泰斗葉盛蘭門下，正式成為他的學生。