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Even though Dr. Chang Sa-hoon contributed enormously in the Korean traditional music, the evaluation on his achievements was relatively not well known for his educational research on the Korean traditional music. The purpose of this article is to memorate and spread his unknown work on the Korean traditional music community after 10 years of his death, and this thesis can be summarized as follows. First of all, there are many Korean traditional musicians who showed interests in the Korean traditional music education, however, it is very hard to find someone who showed interests the Korean traditional music education for elementary, middle school students and general public in real world. Therefore, his work and existence grabs the artention. In other words, he recognized the differences between the Korean traditional music and education of Korean traditional music, and he emphasized the need of the Korean traditional music educator. He emphasized the importance of the general education on Korean traditional music in many ways. Dr. Chang formed the Korean traditional music education, which is its former self of Society for Korean Music Educator's, and he provided materials, lecturers, books and educational methods required for the Korean traditional music education to elementary, middle school students and teachers. He introduced chances for student to show their Korean traditional music ability by creating various Korean traditional music contests for students, and he put a lot of positive efforts to activate the Korean traditional music by the general public. In addition to this, he created the Korean traditional music as a university course for the first time in Korea, and he hardened the ground for the Korean traditional music as the educational course. After his retirement, he achieved to set up the Korean traditional music course at Chungju University as a new challenge, and he left a big mark in the specialized education for the traditional classical music. In short, Dr. Chang Sa-hoon shall be remembered as a leading light in the Korean Traditional Music, whom settled the Korean traditional music education from elementary, middle school students to general public, as well as Korean classical music education for the experts.