<p>He did not audition, since musical theater was not his focus going in to the program. He does really like most of the theatre classes so far. Remember that you are also taking many other courses from different departments. He took 5 classes in the theatre dept. out of a total of 12 classes this year. (Four courses per quarter.) Four of those theatre classes were required. Besides a course called Production in Context, there is a course called Theatre in Context which the entire freshmen theatre class takes together, and a Theatre Writing Seminar. Voice for Performance is the 4th class. As far as vocal lessons, until you are in the Musical Theatre Certificate program, those lessons are not free. You can audition to be placed with a teacher and can pay for voice lessons. If you are admitted to the MT program, voice lessons are free thereafter. There is also a course called Performance Seminar which you can take as an elective during your freshman year. It’s an instructive course in acting for musical theatre (acting a song.) It is good preparation for the MT audition.</p>