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Renee Cassar’s motto - as shown on her Myspace page is “No Music, No Life.” You would think that the person who embraced such a passionate mantra had embraced music as their life-long ambition, right?

Not so for Aussie Musician Renee Cassar. In point of fact, as a youngster, she devoted her time and talents to another pursuit - tennis. Renee was a competitive tennis player from a young age and was focused supremely on her tennis competition, making it such that other interests and passions fell by the wayside.

However, at 17 years old, she experienced a life-changing event. I’m certain that all involved would celebrate the change as being a positive one.

Theater was a major focus of study for Renee in school, and so of course she wanted to be on stage as part of the play that her school was putting on that year. There was a slight obstacle, though. The school had chosen to produce the musical Fame - and singing was something entirely new to Renee. Nevertheless, seeing as how the audition piece was “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” and so she decided to give it a shot. When the lead role of Carmen went to her, it must have been completely unexpected!

Although she did take some singing lessons between the audition and opening night by way of preparing for her big debut, she was a true musical novice when she stepped out on the stage that first time. To make matters worse, she had lost her voice due to all that intensive preparation! Still, with voice remedies tucked backstage in case of emergency, she toughed it out and sang it strong. It was the start of a new life.