<p>UCLA has four undergrad programs in music - Performance, Music Ed, Composition and Music History. You do not list Composition or Music Ed as an interest, so I am going to assume that is not where you are headed. For Performance (and Music Ed), you need to audition before being accepted as a major. Have you successfully auditioned there? If not, realize that the competition for places for soprano and mezzo performance majors is pretty intense and you would be competing against others who have been studying a lot longer than you have with a performance major as their main goal. If you are talking about the Music History program, no audition is required but the focus there is on learning how to think and write about music rather than how to perform it. The degree requirements include just three quarters of ensemble participation and no applied lessons at all. Is that what you want. or are you more interested in performing and taking voice lessons? If the latter and you are not at a level to be accepted as a performance major, then you might be better off just taking voice lessons and participating in ensembles rather than doing a formal music major there.</p>
<p>Berkeley’s program is not as rigidly defined and does not require an audition for admission as a music major. There are two different levels of applied instruction - half hour lessons which anyone can take for two years without auditioning, and hour lessons which require an audition beforehand. You must also pass juries at the end of the semester to be able to continue the following semester with hour lessons. I do not know how competitive the auditions are there or how rigorous the juries. That may be important for you to know before deciding.</p>