mamenyu

Each UC handles applications separately, so you would have to contact each school. There are email contact addresses listed on the websites (though I sent some inquiries to UCLA and got no response, ever). Since UCSB has a performance department, you might start with the secretary there and perhaps the flute faculty. But to answer your question whether you would go through what performance majors go through, I think not. If you send a CD, though, you should look at what they expect music majors to be playing. I don't think you would be expected to audition at UCSB if you were applying as anything but a music major. Same would be true at Davis, where music is just one of the many majors in the college of letters and sciences. Once you were admitted to the school, you would audition for orchestra, though, as at any school. Another point: music major applicants to UCSB do have to send a resume, and recommendations. Even if you are not applying as one, you could attach a resume to the CD -- there would be no place on the general UC application to do that, but in your UC application, you should of course mention all of your orchestral and other performance experience -- especially any awards or leadership experience (principal flute, for example) -- these may enhance your application generally.