A cradle for prodigies The music programs 'history began in the 1960s. Because there was such a dearth of music teachers at that time, any child discovered to have musical talent was always given special permission as a "child prodigy" to go overseas for study. Chen Pi-hsien, Chen Tai-cheng and Chen Yu-hsiu were all sent overseas in this way.
推溯音樂班的歷史緣由，民國五十年代，由於國內音樂師資不足，如果發現有音樂方面資賦優異的孩子，往往以「天才兒童」特案方式准予出國深造，像是陳必先、陳泰成、陳鬱秀等。