“Carol is the only vocalist/coach/teacher I have met whose expertise demonstrates both range and specificity when it comes to vocal artistry and technique. I first studied with her 15 years ago and then reconnected with her after touring extensively and having a baby. Throughout all of these life challenges and changes, Carol has greatly helped my understanding of how the voice works from a scientific perspective, how to trust my instincts, and how to strengthen, maintain, and expand my vocal range.  Her keen perception, empathy and sense of humour make her a pleasure to work with.”

“I have taken numerous singing lessons in Carol Baggott-Forte’s European master classes. She has been crucial to my vocal development, which has had considerable influence on my own teaching. Through her vast experience with the principles of functional voice training, her intuition and her passion for the process of vocal development, she has evolved a unique mastery of teaching. She has a special ability to assess and determine the needs of a particular voice, often in an incredibly short period of time. Her teaching is enormously effective because she does not judge whether something is ‘right or wrong’ about the singer’s approach, but instead determines what the vocal difficulty signifies about the function of the vocal mechanism. Thus she offers the singer real help without dogma through own her personable dry humour.”

“Thank you for your very helpful instructions. There is a huge development taking place with my voice after all the new experiences of the master class. Thank you for being such a warm-hearted and friendly teacher and for coming to Frankfurt. I hope very much that you will come again to teach your friends here.”

“I have worked with several Functional Voice Teachers over the years and Carol Baggott-Forte definitely deserves the honour Cornelius Reid bestowed upon her in appointing her his successor for seminars in Europe. She has helped my voice develop in ways I didn’t think possible, as well as doing some excellent “repair” work when I was recovering (too slowly) from a bad throat infection and facing important performances in the States. I will be grateful to her always! She has a very down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach, which appeals, but is at the same time very intuitive in her approach and encouraging to the developing singer.”

“I enjoyed your teaching and your precise way of explaining things. Your functional hearing is excellent which is of fundamental importance in this game. We voice teachers and singers were impressed and we thank you very much for coming to keep up the great work which Cornelius achieved here during the last ten years or so. We sincerely hope to see you in a year’s time.”