UCLA's Voice and Opera program attracts highly gifted, intelligent young singers from around the world. Rigorous auditions are held each year to select the most qualified candidates to fill an average of twelve positions.

Students enjoy a nurturing and stimulating atmosphere of mutual encouragement and support among their professors and peers, where the only sense of competition is against the international standard of excellence to which they will be held as professionals entering a challenging job market.

The outstanding achievements (read more) of our students in regional, national, and international performing organizations and competitions bear witness to the success of UCLA's approach to vocal training. UCLA's current and recently graduated students have appeared with such prestigious institutions as:

Metropolitan Opera (and the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program)
Metropolitan Opera Council Western Region and National Competitions (Grand Prize Winner, national finalists)
New York City Opera
Paris Opera Centre
San Francisco Opera (and the Merola Program)
Santa Fe Opera Festival
Lyric Opera of Chicago and Ryan Opera Center
Houston Grand Opera
Los Angeles Opera (and the Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program)
Opera Theatre of St. Louis
Colorado Opera
Opera Pacific
Opera San Jose
Tanglewood Festival
Wolf Trap Opera
Lake George Opera Festival
Aspen Festival
Pittsburgh Opera Center
Boston Opera Institute
Santa Barbara Music Academy of the West
Ojai Festival
Los Angeles Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
Cleveland Symphony
Boston Symphony
Disneyland, Tokyo Disney, and Disney California Adventure
Radio City Music Hall
Broadway original cast members
Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition
Jose Iturbi, Seoul (Korea), and Jenny Lind International Vocal Competitions
Glimmerglass Opera Festival
Pittsburgh Symphony
Caramoor Festival
Carnegie Hall
Opera Orchestra of New York
Sarasota Opera
Alice Tully Hall
Ravinia Festival
Milwaukee Symphony
Liederkranz Foundation Vocal Competition
National Symphony
Dallas Symphony
Atlanta Symphony
San Francisco Symphony
Chicago Symphony
The Barbican Centre
Ojai Festival
Colorado Music Festival
Opera Boston
Adelaide Festival
Cleveland Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
Baltimore Symphony
Phoenix Symphony
BBC Symphony
the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland)
Loren Zachary Society Vocal Competition
Lotte Lenya Vocal Competition
Music Academy of the West
Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition
Los Angeles Master Chorale (soloist)
Collegiate Chorale of New York (soloist)