Carolyn Cotton was trained as a musician in New Zealand where she studied conducting with Jack Speirs, and later in Australia where she completed her Master of Music Degree at the Australian National University studying piano with John Luxton. She was bitten by the barbershop bug while at high school and six years ago joined the Wellington City Chorus.

In the past Carolyn sang with the Surrey Harmony chorus which provided her with the inspiration to start a chorus in the city of London.