University of Central Florida

At UCF, studios are where you study with your private teacher for lessons and masterclasses on your specific discipline. It is also where music majors form a community with others studying the same instrument in an environment that encourages learning from and performing with each other. All music majors study with our world-renowned UCF faculty members with weekly lessons and studio masterclasses.

Voice majors receive one-on-one lessons and a studio class each week, with a focus on the classical art song, opera and oratorio literature. Unlike some other college voice programs, UCF students will always study with an experienced faculty member and not a graduate student. Students gain technical proficiency with their instruments through the knowledge of healthy and efficient phonation, breath management, resonance balancing, posture, diction, interpretation, acting, presentation and more.

Performance opportunities include weekly studio classes, voice area recitals and forums, degree recitals and an opera scenes programs, full operas, and ensemble concerts with the University Chorus, Chamber Singers, and the Men’s and Women’s Choruses. While at UCF, many students have the opportunity to sing with Opera Orlando, our local professional opera company.

A number of our students have been accepted into top graduate programs throughout the country and have gone on to sing with professional opera companies. For those focusing on music education, UCF offers a Bachelor of Music Education (BME) degree with a Track B, focusing on secondary (middle and high school) choral education and a Track C, concentrating on general elementary education.