Danielle LaVia's   Voice Studio

Danielle LaVia is a Brooklyn native, but grew up in sunny, South Florida, where the winters were much more bearable and the summers were not. As a child, she tried out pretty much everything from softball to gymnastics to ice skating, but wouldn’t stop belting in the bathtub since the age of six. Graduating from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre, Danielle has performed in leading roles such as Fantine and Eponine in Les Miserables, Catherine in Pippin, and Gloria in Damn Yankees. Also seen in theatres such as The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (Antonia in Man of La Mancha) Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre (Lucy in Jekyll and Hyde), the PACE center (Woman in Country Is...), as well spending a year at sea as the Lead Female Vocalist on Holland America Cruise Line. She has been performing professionally in styles such as Musical Theatre, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Country, and Opera, including performing Italian arias in Oliveri, Sicily.

 

After her adventures in vagabonding all over the world, she spent 3 years in New York where she continued her career teaching and singing at venues and major events, while also working part time at the famous Ellen’s Stardust Diner in Times Square, where she got to sing her heart out to thousands of people every day! Danielle has recorded and released 2 albums and was blessed to have her dear friend, Gregory Jbara (Star of BLUE BLOODS and Tony Award Winner), sing a duet with her on both albums ("Baby it's Cold Outside" - Home for Christmas and "Anything You Can Do" - Gypsy in Me).

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Danielle also wrote, directed, produced, and starred in her own one woman show that she performed at Feinstein’s 54 Below in the Broadway district of NYC. She then became the Founding Artistic Director of an Equity Theatre in Charleston, SC, building the entire nonprofit from the ground up with a mission to support artists in the community who were not being compensated a living wage for their work. She was supported with an Advisory Committee consisting of many Broadway stars including Kristin Chenoweth, Carol Burnett, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kelli O'Hara, Megan Hilty, and many others.

 

She couldn’t feel more blessed to be back living in a place where opportunities are constantly at her fingertips, and is sprinting forward to grab them. As a firm believer that “happiness is a choice,” Danielle has grown tremendously in her travels over the years and understands the importance of “Do what you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” And that is exactly what she is doing.

 

Danielle has been teaching private voice lessons since 2011 to a wide age range. She focuses on technique, breathing, diction, posture, broadening range in the vocals, and working on a wide variety of songs that fit your vocal needs, as well as bringing you out of your comfort zone and pushing your voice to grow. She specializes in acting techniques and audition preparation and gives you the confidence to walk into an audition, feeling prepared and ready to rock it!

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