Thomas Appell has been a professional vocal coach training singers full-time since 1982. He was the first vocal coach to explain why singers can extend the range of their voice through training and has taught more singers how to sing a HIGH C without straining than anyone in history. Most singers who train with Thomas increase their range by 7 notes, many by an octave or more. He has trained singers in pop, pop-rock, rock, musical theatre, country, R&B, classical and operatic styles of music. Thomas has also prepared many singers for American Idol, X factor, America's Got Talent and The Voice. He plays piano, acoustic, electric and bass guitars.

He began singing professionally at age 10 as a boy soprano in the "Choralaires" singing group in West Covina, CA. He performed many times on the television show Church In the Home and recording an album with the Choralaires on the Cornerstone label. At age 13 Thomas formed the pop-rock group "Love's Perfection" and began performing at local venues in the San Gabriel Valley.

At age 22 Thomas formed a new group "US101" named after the highway going up the California Coast. He originally started the group as a vocal group playing music by groups like the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean, but quickly transformed into a popular local rock band. Local drummer Tommy Lee (Motley Crue drummer) joined the group and played scores of gigs with Thomas in the greater Los Angeles area, including gigs at Gazzarri's and The Stardust night clubs in Hollywood, CA. After performing for about two years with Tommy Lee, Thomas switched his focus from live performing to singing and private vocal instruction. He began training singers in 1982 and in 1992 published the first edition of Can You Sing a High 'C'-Without Straining?

Can You Sing a High 'C'-Without Straining? was the first book ever written to explain how and why anyone can sing high notes without straining. Prior to Thomas' research, it was commonly taught that singers were born (or not born) with the ability to sing high notes. Thomas showed that singing high notes was a matter of training and developed highly effective exercises to teach singers how to safely increase their range. Now voice teachers from all over the world use the information from Can You Sing a HIGH C Without Straining? as a referance standard for teaching their students how to sing high notes.

Thomas graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering and a minor in music. He has taught junior high sunday school at Christian Mission church in Mission Viejo, CA and served as a small group leader at Saddleback church in Lake Forest, CA.

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