"I was truly amazed at the quality of her voice ... the beauty of her voice was matched by her good looks and charming personality." (Ann Harrison, August 2010)

"[Josephine has] the voice of an archangel, the soloist showed immaculate control, [was] charmingly presented [and] included some effortless top notes. 9/10" (Bristol Evening Post, August 2010)

"[Hear My Prayer] contains a long soprano solo with the choir merely providing a backing. The soloist was the talented Josephine Goddard … who gave a riveting and professional performance. All together this was a most moving rendition worthy of the enthusiastic applause" (Bristol Evening Post, June 2010)

"Her unaccompanied performance of 'The Singer' was exceptional" (AESS newsletter, January 2010)

"The 16-year-old pupil's strong and explosive voice was pitched beautifully in her rendition of works by Handel, Mahler, Dring and Bernstein, allowing her to bring out the emotion in the pieces beautifully" (Bristol Evening Post, October 2008)

"This was a remarkable performance throughout" (Two Moors Festival final audition, April 2008)

"Josephine [has] beautiful, clean, clear soprano tones" (Bristol Evening Post, December 2007)

"The future was also firmly in view with 19-year-old soprano Josephine Goddard, who took time off from her studies at the Royal College of Music to send the beautiful sounds of Mendelssohn's Hear My Prayer: O for the Wings of a Dove ringing clearly around the cathedral." (Gerry Parker, June 2011)