Paul Müller studied voice with Prof. Julia Bauer-Huppmann and piano with Prof. Manon Liu Winter at the mdw. He holds a stage diploma for opera and graduated with distinction in voice pedagogy, piano pedagogy and music education, with specialisations in music-dramatic performance, choral conducting and artistic-pedagogical research.
Paul Müller is a sought-after singing teacher with broad expertise. He teaches classical singing at the „Antonio Salieri Institute for Voice and Vocal Research in Music Education“ and singing, musical interpretation and music theory at the „Max Reinhardt Seminar“. As a vocal coach, he works with outstanding choirs (coro siamo, Austrian Youth Choir). In his „Vocal Academy“ in central Vienna, he coaches singers of all experience levels as well as professionals who use their voice for a living. He leads professional development courses nationwide at universities and at international specialist congresses.
The baritone delights audiences and critics alike. He has been a soloist in around 25 stage productions and performs song recitals at home and abroad, including with „Dichterliebe“ and „Die schöne Müllerin“. Reviews praise him as a „charismatic performer with a captivating stage presence, velvety bariton (beautiflly moving to tears) and sparkling humour“ (tanz.at). He is a member of the ensemble of the „L.E.O. Letztes erfreuliches Operntheater“. As an ensemble and choral singer, he has performed at renowned concert halls such as the Wiener Musikverein, the Konzerthaus Wien and the Tonhalle Zürich.
For the publishing houses „Schott Music“ and the „Österreichischer Bundesverlag“, Paul Müller realised the schoolbook series „Musik aktiv“. The textbook is used nationwide for music lessons in grammar schools in Austria and Germany and includes a learning path on voice training. He established the „Class for Expression and Movement“, a two-year theatre course for school classes featuring participatory-transdisciplinary productions. This research project received the „Sparkling Science Prize“ from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. He devoted a sabbatical to scientific-artistic research on the topic of „flesh, ecstasy and embodiment“.
Paul Müller has many years of experience as a teacher of singing, piano, drama, choir and music at Viennese secondary schools. He was a lecturer at the „Institute for Music Education Research and Practice“ and a trainer in the „Mentoring Certificate Course“ at the University of Vienna. The Vienna Directorate of Education has repeatedly awarded him „Thanks and Recognition“ for his contributions to the professionalisation of art education and for establishing team structures.
Significant for my teaching is …
… The basis of my teaching is vocal-physiological accuracy, scenic imagination and stylistic breadth. I provide my knowledge and feedback so that every personality can find their own path and resources to express images, feelings and sensations powerfully and multifaceted with the voice.
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