Tumo-Kohrs

Tumo-Kohrs is a musical duo. They perform Sarah Kohrs’s original songs to Mark Tumo’s
original arrangements. The two met at an open mic in Great Barrington in 2015, and have been
fast friends ever since.

In some ways, the two are opposites. Sarah is a classically trained pianist who attended the
Eastman School. Mark is a jazz cat who attended the Berklee College of Music in its heyday.
But their shared ability to glimpse the beauty and mystery in every day experiences, as well as
their shared love of the structure of song and sound allow them to exponentially exceed what
one would expect from a pairing of such different personalities.

Both are overcomers. Sarah returned to her native Berkshires as a result of a parasitic
infection. And, growing up, Mark dealt with the symptoms of Aspergers Syndrome and other
learning challenges. But both continue to vitally experience and express deep joy in life. And it
shows.

Lauded by one local critic as “emotional hardball in the big leagues,” the duo’s act has touched
audiences since they started performing in 2018. In August of that year, they performed an
original show with Wanda Houston at the Mahaiwe theater in Great Barrington to a large and
receptive audience. Then in April 2019, they teamed up with Sarah’s brother, LA producer Nate
Kohrs, to release their first EP, Every String, which was featured on radio stations in Albany, NY,
and their hometown Berkshires. And they are just getting started.