Students have the opportunity to perform in the operatic productions which are presented on campus twice each year. The choral ensembles also offer solo opportunities. Master Classes and Performance Seminars, which take place periodically, provide other on-campus performance venues. There are several professional opera companies in the area including L.A. Opera, Long Beach Opera, Opera Pacific, Guild Opera, Opera a la Carte, etc, which hold periodic auditions for singers and actors. There are also a number of semiprofessional opera, operetta or musical theater companies producing a vast number of shows throughout the year.
Scholarships are available for students who qualify.
Sun Coe Twyla Meyer TOP California State University, Los Angeles has an enrollment of 18,000 students. The campus is located on a 175-acre hilltop at the interchange of the San Bernardino and Long Beach freeways at the western end of the San Gabriel Valley, about five miles east of the Los Angeles Civic Center. The General Catalog and Schedule of Classes are available for purchase from the University Bookstore in the University-Student Union. Cal State L.A. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, disabled veteran's or Vietnam Era veteran's status, or any other classification that precludes a person from consideration as an individual.