The parents of musically-talented students provide the necessary environments for their
children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the backgrounds of Korean,
musically-talented, students\' parents and their perceived environments for the musical
development of their children. For this purpose, this researcher surveyed 103 parents in public
institutes for the musically talented. The conclusions of this study are the following: (1) most
of the parents of Korean, musically-talented students were college graduates and had
white-collar jobs. (2) Most of the parents of the musically talented belonged to the middle class
and possessed their own houses. (3) Most of the parents were not musicians, although many
of them showed great interest in music. (4) Most of the parents had firm confidence in the
musical potential of their children and supported them both physically and emotionally. (5)
Most of them pursued good teachers for their children and succeeded in these efforts. (6) Not
many of them, however, showed an interest in their children\'s musical social opportunities,
such as music camps or master classes. (7) The groups spending the highest amounts on their
children\'s musical growth were those in B institute in Seoul, those who had business jobs, those
whose children were high-schoolers, and those with master\'s degrees. (8) The groups whose
children spent the most time in practice were those in B institute in Seoul, those whose children
were high-schoolers, and those with bachelor\'s degrees. (234 words)