Daniel Puckey has undertaken studies at both the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and Box Hill Institute.He has just completed the Australian tour of Muriel’s Wedding - The Musical as Musical Director. Most recently, he was the Assistant Musical Director and Associate Conductor of The Book of Mormon in Sydney.
Further credits include; Associate Musical Director for the Australian Tour of The Wizard of Oz with Anthony Warlow; Assistant Musical Director and Associate Conductor on The Bodyguard Musical, Disney’s The Lion King, and the Anniversary Tour of Hot Shoe Shuffle; Keyboardist on Kinky Boots, We Will Rock You, Sound of Music, The Lion King, and King Kong; Musical Director on The Last Five Years, The Gathering, Dreamsong, and various other works for both The VCA and Federation University of Australia. He has also helped develop arrangements and conceive music for two new Australian works: The Gathering, and Dreamsong.
Daniel has also worked abroad as Music Director and Music Manager for the entertainment company AIDA Cruises based in Hamburg, Germany. He has also worked extensively within Performing Arts Education as a Music Tutor and Accompanist at The VCA, Federation University, Victorian State Schools Spectacular and Stage School Australia.