Tonic Sol-fa (a cappella group)

Tonic Sol-fa is an all-male a cappella quartet from the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. With a largely pop-music-oriented repertoire, their CDs have sold over 1,000,000 copies, and the group has toured throughout the US and abroad.

Official Biography:Although they are simply four voices and a tambourine, Tonic Sol-fa has spent the past decade on the road carving their niche as the nation's top vocal group. In that time, this quartet has been named one of the top five "must see" groups in America, has been awarded numerous original song and album awards in pop, gospel and holiday genres, appeared on NBC's Today Show and in the pages of Newsweek magazine. Outings with Jay Leno, Shawn Colvin, Lonestar and Garrison Keillor have propelled album sales to more than 1,000,000 copies (mostly sold from the back of their trailer!) and have earned the group thousands of intensely loyal fans.

By 2000, the quartet was voted into the Midwest Music Hall of Fame. In 2002, Tonic Sol-fa averaged over 150 shows annually in 48 states. 2005 brought the group's music to radio stations and retail stores nationwide. And in 2006, Tonic Sol-fa's first public television Christmas special was broadcast to over 1,800 stations across the United States, with an international launch to begin this year.

The New York Times describes Tonic Sol-fa's sound as "A vocal kaleidoscope...unique to the human voice." Improvisational and passionate music combined with cutting-edge stage presence is the benchmark by which critics and fans agree: nobody does it like Tonic Sol-fa.

Members

*Shaun Johnson - tenor
*Mark McGowan - baritone
*Greg Bannwarth - tenor
*Jared Dove - bass

Discography

National Releases

*"Boston to Beijing Compact Disc" (June 2005)

elf Produced Releases

*"On Top Of The World (Holiday) Compact Disc" (2007)
*"Christmas DVD (2006)
*"By Request Compact Disc" (2004)
*"Red Vinyl Compact Disc" (2003)
*"Sugarue (Holiday) Compact Disc" (2002)
*"Style Compact Disc" (2001)
*"Carol (Holiday) Compact Disc" (1997)
*"Left Turns in Cross Traffic Compact Disc" (1996)
*"4 hours and 12 days Compact Disc" (1995)

External links

* [http://www.tonicsolfa.com Official Tonic Sol-fa Site]
* [http://www.aptonline.org/catalog.nsf/AlphaLookup/75201F1C0264774A852571E9006E8400 American Public Television]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tonicsol Tonic Sol-fa's MySpace page]
* [http://www.tonicsolfastore.com Official Tonic Sol-fa Store]
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