Singing for Dancers with Peter Bodnar
- 25 March 2026
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Sydney Actors School
242 Young Street, Waterloo, New South Wales, 2017, Australia
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Peter Bodnar
Peter studied at the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education majoring in Singing, now the University of Southern Queensland. Upon leaving there he studied with renowned Australian tenor Donald Smith at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, while working with Opera Queensland as a chorister and understudy for three seasons 1986-1988. While also working with The Queensland Theatre Company in their musicals Snoopy and the Sentimental Bloke, which made a repeat performance on the River Stage at Expo 88. The following years were spent touring Australasia in musicals and plays such as The Art of Being Still, South Pacific, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, The Mikado and HMS Pinafore and working in television and opera with Opera Australia. Peter continues to perform internationally with the highly successful corporate act The Three Waiters. Unanswered questions about his own technique and vocal limitations led Peter to look further into the science of the voice, where he found the work of Jo Estill, whose method is used in voice studios and speech pathology clinics worldwide. After more 20 years of studying and working with this method, Peter became a Certified Practitioner in 2018 and is in the process of completing his Master Trainer qualification. Peter is now a leading Singing Teacher within the Music Theatre industry in Australia, having worked with notable Music Theatre performers Hayden Tee for his Broadway and West End Les Miserables performances, Dimitri Klieoris for his Broadway performance in American In Paris, Marika Aubrey for her performance in Matilda the musical and the USA tour of Come From Away, Natalie Abbott for her performance in Muriel’s Wedding and Ashleigh Rubenach for her performances in Muriel’s Wedding, Sydney Carols, Cry Baby, My Fair Lady, Anything Goes, Sunset Boulevard and Back To The Future and Abigail Adriano for her performances in Miss Saigon and Haydestown. He was the resident Singing Teacher for The Book Of Mormon in 2019 and the most recent production now on tour, resident Voice and Singing Teacher for the ABC children’s television show Giggle and Hoot and did pre-rehearsal artist preparation for Kinky Boots, Frozen, Muriel’s Wedding and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Peter was also Voice Consultant on Dance Academy and Friday On My Mind for the ABC.