Rising British Artist Tori Beaumont Named September “Best Vocalist Of The Month”

By Dale Kawashima

Tori Beaumont, a promising pop/AC artist who lives near London, England, has won the September SingerUniverse “Best Vocalist Of The Month” Competition.

Tori Beaumont

Beaumont was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to English and American parents. When she was four, she moved to England and has lived there since, although she hopes her music career will take her back to the U.S. Beaumont grew up surrounded by musicians and music: her father is Director of Music and Choir Master at an English cathedral, her mother plays multiple instruments and is a music teacher, and her brother Jesse is a concert pianist. She has been inspired by top vocalists/artists such as Celine Dion, Faith Hill and LeAnn Rimes.

In her youth, Beaumont sang in the cathedral choir, and she also began playing several instruments, including piano, violin, oboe and drums. She performed in public regularly, and she entered and fared well in local talent contests and music festivals. When she was 16, Beaumont wrote a song for a national schools competition, and as one of the winners, she recorded her song at London’s Air Studios and performed in front of 3,000 people at the Millennium Dome. And for college, she attended Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts and subsequently graduated with a B.A. Degree in Music.

Beaumont is ready to promote her music aggressively, and take her artist career to the next level. “With my new album, I have decided to take it straight to the ‘people’ through the online community. So much of what the public hears gets dictated by industry trends; the ability now to gain an audience, independently, before releasing an album and without major investment, is so exciting. Within five weeks of joining MySpace I’d had 25,000 song plays and within a week of joining Sonicbids, I found myself at #1 on their top-viewed chart.” So it appears that Beaumont is now well positioned to make a strong impact as a new artist.

E-mail: info@toribeaumont.com
Website: www.toribeaumont.com

More Best Vocalists Of The Month

In addition, here are four, talented vocalists/artists who complete our Top Five Vocalists honorees list for this month's competition, with their credits, plus their e-mail and website links. You can listen to their songs by double-clicking the music players below.

Melissa Tarter

"Waiting For You To Happen." (R&B/blues/pop). Performed by Melissa Tarter of Sterling Heights, MI. Written by K. Sterling & D. Extein.

E-mail: melissa_tarter@yahoo.com
Websites: www.myspace.com/melissatarter

Kimmy & Klasse

"Chain Of Fools." (R&B). Performed by Kimmy & Klasse of Lothian, Maryland. Written by Don Covay.

E-mail: kimmyandklasse@kimmyandklasse.com
Website: www.kimmyandklasse.com

Jim Bohn

"Cross The River." (country/AC). Performed and written by Jim Bohn of Grafton, Wisconsin.

E-mail: james.bohn@att.net
Websites: www.jimbohn.com

Laura Nunes

"Looking For Home." (country/AC). Performed and written by Laura Nunes of Carlsbad, CA.

Website: www.sonicbids.com/lauranunes

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