About Us
Celebrating womanhood by uniting women from diverse backgrounds, race and sexuality to raise the spirit and inspire the soul through music and song.
The Decibelles Female Pop Choir Inc. is a Melbourne-based contemporary choir founded in October 2012. We are approximately 40 strong and divided into Sopranos, Mezzos, High Altos and Low Altos.
We love to sing pop music ranging from the 60s to now with a focus on the contemporary.
We regularly perform in our own stand-alone shows, collaborate with a range of artists and other choirs, and provide high quality entertainment for private and public events and charities in our local community.
Musical Director - Ursula Paez
Ursula Paez graduated from the Victorian
College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne in 2009. She has been performing as a professional mezzo-soprano since 2007 with major Australian companies including Opera Australia and Victorian Opera.
Her love of music and singing began as a
child in her native country, Colombia, where
she went on to sing with professional choirs, performing classical and folk music zarzuelas (Spanish operetta).
Ursula has been conducting choirs for more
than 15 years, beginning with children’s choirs in Colombia.
In Australia she conducts well-established choirs like Low Rez Male Pop Choir and The Alphingtones. In 2025, Ursula celebrates 10 years with The Decibelles.
Accompanist - Cameron Thomas
Cameron holds a BA (Music Theatre Performance) from the University of Ballarat Arts Academy (FedUni) and an A.Mus.A in Piano (AMEB). He is in demand as a musical director, repetiteur, accompanist, pit musician, and arranger for music theatre and cabaret in Melbourne and nationally. He received a Green Room award for Best Musical Direction – Cabaret for his work on BROAD with Geraldine Quinn. Busy in the cabaret field, he frequently performs with Dolly Diamond, and other previous artists include Amelia Ryan, Zule Khan, and Bryan Batt. He has played countless seasons in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Melbourne, Ballarat, and Adelaide Cabaret Festivals, Edinburgh Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Fringeworld Perth, NZ Fringe and the New York Music Theatre Festival. Musical director credits for theatre include It’s Only Life (Stella/DTM), Milk and Honey, Children of Eden (Magnormos), Parade (The Collective), Hair, In the Heights (StageArt). Other engagements include VCA, The Production Company, Stage School Australia, Victorian State Schools Spectacular, and various corporate events.