Get to Know the Team
Dana Musil
Co-Director
Education, Learning & Workshops:
Master of Music Studies (Voice Pedagogy)
Graduate Certificate of Music (Voice Pedagogy)
Diploma of Musical Theatre (NYC) scholarship recipient
Vocal Health First Aid Certified
Professional Roles:
Voice teacher + specialist
Performer
Cabaret writer
Performance coach + mentor
Vocal director
Additional Experience:
Speaker at National Voice Conferences.
Workshops with Kristen Chenoweth, Natalie Weiss and Mary Saunders-Barton.
Vocalist for bands, duos, and a capella groups.
Currently based:
Melbourne (Australia)
Previously based:
New York City (United States), Brisbane (Australia)
Favourite Performance Memories:
There are always so many special moments in each production and performance but here are a few highlights:
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When I performed lead roles in various productions at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) including Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz when I was 18.
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Performing in an industry reading for an upcoming musical set for Broadway in New York City.
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Creating and performing my own cabaret "Dana's Delicious Delights" and "Not another love story!".
Fun Fact:
I am a vocal anatomy and physiology enthusiast and chose to further explore this in my research paper for my Masters Degree. My research paper was named "Vocal Mechanics of a Human Beatbox: An Analysis of a Human Larynx when Performing the ‘Throat Bass’ Beatbox Sound". In 2022, I presented some findings from this research at a National Voice Conference in Adelaide, Australia.
Education, Learning & Workshops:
Graduate Certificate of Music Studies (Voice Pedagogy)
Bachelor of Music (Piano)
Summer Program for Electronic Music Production and Audio Engineering (dBs Berlin)
Professional Roles:
Vocal coach + Voice teacher
Collaborative pianist + Accompanist
Piano teacher
Music director
Vocal Arranger
Additional Experience:
Vocalist for bands, choirs, a capella groups, and theatre.
Performer in musical theatre.
Vocal director for both musical theatre and choir.
Currently based:
Brisbane and Melbourne (Australia)
Previously based:
Berlin (Germany), Paris (France)
Favourite Performance Memories:
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Watching our company sing Seasons of Love (from RENT), and getting goosebumps every night
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Performance of my original song cycle Thanks for Playing....and other ways to say goodbye (2011)
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Performing an original song in a showcase of Women Composers in Musical theatre (Paris)
Fun Fact:
I've always loved learning languages and used to spend my evenings after school with language DVDs. So far, I've tried learning: French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Russian, German, Gaelic, Latin, Japanese, Mandarin, Korean, Hindi, and Navajo.
(Don't ask me to remember them all though!)
Kym Mc
Co-Director
In addition to this core team, we are so grateful for the input & collaboration of our network and community of voice pedagogues, speech pathologists, singing teachers, performers, musicians & students who help us make Audition Vocal Toolbox an even better tool.