Vocal Studies
A Letter From The Area Director
Welcome to Vocal Studies at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music.
Through weekly private voice lessons, coaching, and studio classes; enriching coursework; and dynamic and diverse performance opportunities, our renowned voice faculty will prepare you for a 21st-century career in music performance, education, scholarship, administration, or other vocations.
Alumni of our voice program have gone on to perform in the world’s greatest concert halls, opera houses, professional choral ensembles, and jazz groups. They are also among the nation’s best schoolteachers, choral directors, and voice teachers as our faculty prepare you to share your knowledge and experience with others. Whether it be through performance, education, academia, or administration, our graduates find success in their own musical calling.
Our ensembles are nationally recognized. For decades our Opera program has prepared students for admission to elite summer festivals and young artist programs. Our award-winning Chamber Choir regularly tours across the country and the globe. And our vocal jazz ensembles, Pacific Standard Time and Jazz & Tonic, are regarded as some of the best in the nation.
Here at CSULB, we believe in learning by doing. Through solo recitals, masterclass opportunities, our Evening of Song concert series, and our diverse ensembles, you will grow and thrive as a musician.
Come tour our campus, sit in on our opera and choral rehearsals, and take sample lessons with our voice faculty!
We look forward to welcoming you to Long Beach!
Dr. Alexander Hahn
Area Director, Vocal Studies
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
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Degrees Offered
Bachelor of Music, Option in Performance—Concentration in Voice
The Bachelor of Music, Option in Performance—Concentration in Voice is a pre-professional, NASM-accredited program that provides students the necessary tools for a professional career as a singer. The Bob Cole Conservatory Vocal, Opera, and Choral Program, one of the largest undergraduate voice departments in the state of California, supports the CSULB Opera program, seven ensembles, weekly studio classes, guest-artist masterclasses, international tours, and significant scholarship to all voice majors. Our students take the required core in music theory, history, piano proficiency, and applied lessons; our ensembles, opera and musical theater productions, vocal jazz groups, and repertoire courses prepare our young artists for a career in music.
Bachelor of Music, Option in Performance—Concentration in Opera
This program prepares students for admission into the nation’s most prestigious graduate opera programs and to work in professional opera companies. We aim to provide training in the musical, linguistic, and theatrical aspects that will make our students successful in this highly competitive profession. Training is accomplished both in the classroom and the concert hall.
Master of Music, Concentration in Vocal/Opera Performance
This program prepares students for admission into the nation’s most prestigious music festivals, young artist programs, professional choral ensembles, and opera companies. Special attention will be given to audition and career-building strategies in preparing our students for success as a 21st-century vocalist. We aim to provide training in the musical, linguistic, and theatrical aspects that will make our students successful in this highly competitive profession. Training is accomplished both in the classroom and the concert hall.
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