程先生亦名程午加，江蘇省奉賢縣南橋鎮人。一九○二年二月十日生於江蘇奉賢，一九八五年十一月十五日於南京因胃疾手術，傷口發生感染，不幸逝世。自幼從父學習各種民族樂器，一九一七年七月經陳有荃介紹拜琵琶名家沈肇州學習《瀛州古調》，又拜王燕卿門下學習諸城派琴曲，二十世紀二十年代初為首批大同樂會成員，並從鄭覲文學古琴與仿古樂器及其製作，從汪昱庭學琵琶；一九三六年成為新成立的「今虞琴社」首批會員；新中國成立後為山東大學藝術系、華東藝術專科學校骨幹教師；一九五五年創改出「鼓琶」等新樂器；一九五八年起任教於南京藝術學院。著述包括《琵琶曲集》、《中國鑼鼓曲》、《月琴、秦琴、三弦》等，創作樂曲有《泰山觀日出》、《巴山夜雨》等。
CHENG Wu-jia
CHENg Wu-jia was born on February 10, 1902 in Fengxian (now belong to Shanghai district), Jiangsu and he passed away at the age of 83 years old in Nanjing in 1985. He learned music from his father when he was young. In 1917, he started to learn the pipa from the famous teacher SHEN Zhao-zhou and the qin from WANG Yan-qing. In the early 1920’s, he joined the “Ta Tung National Music Research Institute” and studied music under ZHENG Jin-wen and WANG Yu-ting. In 1936, when Jin Yu Qin Society was established, he joined it as a member. He reformed and made new instruments such as gupa in 1955. In 1958, he was employed by the Nanjing Academy of Arts.