The Voice and Opera program at UCLA is widely regarded as the top vocal degree program in the West, and among the top programs nationwide. With a maximum student enrollment of just 35 singers (undergraduate plus graduate), an average of 12 new students are accepted into the program each year from over 300 applicants. This selective, highly specialized environment allows close interaction between students and an internationally renowned voice faculty.

Among the many features unique to UCLA's Voice and Opera program is its team teaching policy. This affords all students the opportunity to study with any or all of UCLA's distinguished voice professors at one time or another during their years at UCLA. This is possible due to the close collaboration and consistency of technical approach and teaching philosophy among the voice professors, each of whom espouses and teaches a classical bel canto vocal method. Absent from UCLA's voice program are many of the problems typically found in training programs where widely differing vocal techniques and philosophies among faculty can cause conflict and confusion among students.

The UCLA Voice and Opera program is dedicated to the success of its graduates. The faculty members continue to expand the program in new ways, ensuring that it constantly evolves to meet the needs of the talented singers who have come here for expert guidance. It is this dedicated, caring environment that has made the Voice and Opera program at UCLA so successful in training the next generation of professional singers, and in playing a significant role in shaping the future of vocal music.