Cabaret Music is like a stained glass window to the soul. When you hear a great performer, with the right piece of music, they touch you in ways you never could imagine. They open up and let you see the different colors, shapes and textures of the song, through their voice. What you are seeing are the colors, shapes and textures of your own soul. The singer is merely a catalyst that pulls you into the song and the emotion that they are expressing, but you see and feel it through your experiences and emotions. That's what they mean when they say you connect with a performer - that you can relate... they take you to places in your own heart that you may have never known were there.
   Tom Grounds is a manager with Experio Solutions, a national consulting firm. His responsibilities range from computer system analysis, design, development and implementation. Additionally, Tom works on many large scale strategy projects. From the Artistic side, Tom has been a professional performer since the age of 13 when he landed an equity role in Chicago. Over the years Tom has been seen on many regional musical theatre stages, and with regional orchestras and opera companies in various roles. Tom made his New York debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall as a soloist with the Gary Beard Chorale shortly after it's renovation.