U Cal Irvine and U Cal Northridge

sopranomtmom
Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:08:37 +0000

My daughter has friends pursuing MT at both UCI and CSUN. At UCI they do offer a BFA, but you audition after your freshman year if you have completed certain program requirements. There are also auditions to get into those required prerequisites. For those who advance it seems like a great program but she does know a couple of people who ended up transferring out because it just wasn’t a great fit for them. At CSUN the program is a non-audition BA in Theatre with an MT emphasis. It appears to be an up and coming program and there is also a very strong Vocal Performance program at CSUN which really benefits the MT majors. However, it is a little lacking in the dance department. She also has friends pursuing the BA Theatre with MT emphasis at Cal Lutheran who are thriving as well.