If you want to learn how to sing expertly with lots of power and an amazing range, I can show you how. I was the first vocal coach in history to explain how the vocal cords work and show why anyone with a healthy voice can be trained to sing high notes in full voice (without going into falsetto) safely and comfortably. Since 1982 I've been successfully teaching singers how to extend the range of their voice. In 1993 I published the first edition of my book, Can You Sing a HIGH C Without Straining? This is the first book ever written that explains how to sing high notes with lots of power and without straining. It has since become a reference tool for vocal coaches around the world.

Before I wrote my book singers and singing teachers could sing high notes, they just couldn't tell you how they did it. What the book and training with me does is to give you the knowledge of how to do it. That's the key. Hearing a super high vocal example by your vocal coach doesn't help you to do the same unless you know how it's being done and that's what I give my students - the knowledge of how to do it. Singers have flown from all over the world (England, Japan, France, Sweden, Australia, The Netherlands...) to California to train with me to get this knowledge from the original source. If you want to learn how to sing up to HIGH C and beyond in full voice without straining, I'll be happy to show you how. Just call the studio phone number and we'll set up an appointment for my next available time slot. It's as easy as picking up the phone.

I can teach you how to sing high notes with ease, but to be a really good singer you'll need more than just the ability to sing with an extended range. That's why I've developed a comprehensive program of vocal technique development that includes: tone control, vibrato development, ear training (singing in tune), breath control and style development. This is all packaged into 12 Vocal Technique Fundamental Series Lessons and 90 Advanced Training Lessons. Lessons are either one hour long (Standard) or one and a half hours long (Peak Performance Sessions). Most singers advance much faster with hour and a half long lessons. This technique is very effective for pop singing and classical/operatic styles.

If you're interested in recording a high quality demo in any style I can help. I write, arrange, record and produce music for the singers I train in my private recording studio. When your vocals are recorded by your vocal coach they have a tendancy to come out a lot better than when recorded by anyone else. Nobody will know your voice better than me after we train, so it makes sense to let me help you get it right onto a CD. I can write music for your lyrics, or you can use songs I've already produced. I have many original songs in popular styles that are available to my students. Please take a few minutes to listen to some of the songs recorded by my students in the link to "Audio Examples of Singers Trained by Thomas Appell" above. You won't be disappointed.

I'm expert in training kids, teens, and adults of all ages. I've trained children as young as six and adults as old as 72 with great results. It's exciting for me to see the dramatic improvement achieved by singers using my techniques that haven't had much prior training. The audio examples and video testimonials at this website prove that those of you who are new to singing can develop incredible voices with my help.

I've been training beginning and professional singers since 1982 at Vocal Dynamics Voice Studio located in Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679 (Near intersection of Oso Parkway and the 5 or 241 Freeways). Call for directions.

Studio phone number: (949) 459-1828

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	"I got an email from amazon.com recommending books I might be interested in and Thomas' book showed up. I ordered it and the very next day I was on the phone to Thomas, talking to him and I was just so blown away that I said, 'I've got to go down and see this guy.' There was no question about it. Within a few days I was on a plane. I got up at four in the morning, flew to California, walked off the plane exhausted (as you can imagine) and walked into the studio and we had our first lesson. In that first lesson he had me singing a C above soprano high C which was crazy and beyond my wildest dreams. It's been an amazing experience. Thomas is just such a wealth of knowledge and his understanding of the voice as an instrument is just incredible. It's surpassed my expectations of why I came and what I needed to do. Thomas has taught me a great deal in a very short time period. He brings it all together so you get the range, the quality of sound, the ease of production - everything you really need to know to sing well."
Ren Opera and Classical Singer from Canada
	"I saw your book, I ordered it, and I liked what I saw. I looked you up. I sent you an email and we arranged the lessons. I knew it was going to be good but this has blown away any expectations I had. This has just been so amazing. The first day I hit a tenor high C in full voice. Today (second day) I hit a soprano high C in falsetto which is really, really cool. If you're out there and you're thinking about whether you should come or not - you should come. You should come see Thomas."
David Tejadilla Karaoke Singer from Tokyo, Japan
	"When we started out I couldn't even sing in full voice at all. I didn't know why I didn't sound like other pop singers. My voice just always had that classical, musical theatre kind of sound. I had studied with some famous people (vocal coaches) but nobody really helped me till I came to you. It was within one or two lessons that I started to get it. It happened fast, it happened easily, there was no straining. It's just a really solid technique. You make me sound good."
Amanda Spencer Contemporary Music Worship Leader and Choir Director at the Crystal Cathedral

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	"You just made it so easy. You made it make perfect sense for her. Within just a few months it was incredible - the change I could hear in her voice. I love the combination of vocal technique and your studio. Your studio is phenomenal. I brag about your studio all the time because when you go there it's state-of-the-art equipment so when you're recording their voice they get to hear right away what they would sound like if they were on the radio. I think that's really exciting and it helps motivate Katherine to want to do really well." - Erika Kerry (mother of Katherine Kerry)
Erika & Katherine Kerry 10 year old singer from Coto de Caza, CA

	"Your training has definately strengthened my range." -Dominique Gomez   "She's taken your technique and she's used it for her advantage. She can definately hit these higher notes that she would have been yelling or straining to do. She's clear and much improved on the sound." -Brenda Gomez (mother of Dominique Gomez)
Brenda and Dominique Gomez 14 year old singer from Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

	"People are blown away by his voice. He can hit the high notes like it's no big deal. In front of 21,000 people at the Staples Center he just laid it out... when he came walking back he got a standing ovation. People that have seen the video are saying like, "I can't belive that voice is coming out of that body." He's got real control. It's been pretty amazing." -Bill Keller (Father of Caleb Keller)
Caleb Keller 12 year old singer from Huntington Beach, CA

	Amazing video of Nikki Efstathiou singing one octave (12 notes) above soprano High C without straining.
Nikki Efstathiou 16 year old singer from San Juan Capistrano, CA

	"I took the book Can You Sing a HIGH C Without Straining? and the CD you gave me from the first introductory lesson, I took it home... and I practiced and I found it (singing high notes using the HIGH C technique) and it feels amazing. It's very solid. Very comfortable. I feel no strain whatsoever."
Gunita Singh 17 year old singer from Irvine, CA

	"We found your website, the testimonials and the songs to be fantastic. Training with you is my pleasure. I never ever drempt that I would cross the seven seas to the U.S. for my vocal training (Pawni flew 8,400 miles from India to train with Thomas for a month). I have increased my range by 8-10 notes of full voice. I really like my sound. My voice used to shake and it used to shrill and it never used to sound that good on high notes. Now after the vocal technique lessons I sound really nice and really rich and I can sing higher than I ever imagined with no straining. You are the best." Pawni was in the top 5 of Little Champ, India's version of American idol and was voted by the judges to be the most talented 16 year old singer in all of India.
Pawni Pande 16 year old singer from Mumbai, India