About MTonal Music

MTonal Music is a full-service music company, founded in 2001 by guitarist, composer, educator and author Mark Tonelli. MTonal Music offers services in the areas of performing ensembles, composition and arrangement, educational materials and instrument lessons. MTonal Music is also the umbrella organization for all that Mark Tonelli and The Mark Tonelli Group do.

MTonal Music has been responsible for the release of The Mark Tonelli Group's two critically-acclaimed recordings, The Mark Tonelli Group, released in January 2001 and Chasing The Myth, released in September 2003.

MTonal Music has produced two guitar instructional books. The MTonal Guitar Method ,by Mark Tonelli, is a complete beginner's method that takes students step-by-step through the basics of learning the guitar. Used by literally hundreds of students, it is the text for Mark Tonelli's Guitar Class I at North Lake College in Irving, Texas. Fifth Position Studies, by Mark Tonelli, is a scale-study book designed to teach guitarists to read in the important fifth position area of the guitar. Currently in the production stages, Fifth Position Studies will be released soon.

Specializing in jazz and guitar music, MTonal Music offers creative services for recording or live performance, working with artists and companies to provide new music for their projects. MTonal Music is also the publishing company for the acclaimed and award-winning compositions appearing on The Mark Tonelli Group CD's.

Jazz and music theory lessons are available through MTonal Music, taught by Mark Tonelli. Mark is an instructor in the Dallas and Collin County College districts and has been an ensemble director at colleges and universities, a clinician, a magazine columnist, the author of numerous educational articles and a private studio teacher for 16 years.

MTonal Music books and oversees the busy performance schedule of The Mark Tonelli Group, which appears weekly in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex and has received praise for its exciting live performances and informative educational clinics. The Mark Tonelli Group plays original pieces and jazz classics in a variety of settings: jazz festivals, clubs, restaurants, cafes, corporate and private functions and clinics. The Mark Tonelli Group is available as a jazz solo guitar, duo, trio, quartet and quintet.