Biography
For Face to Face, Gospel Music has been programmed in them for decades. With a combined 75 + years in Southern Gospel Music, this Trio has always been around people who love to praise the Lord. Now, it’s their turn.
In November 2004, as members of a mixed quartet named Gloryland, Faye Torma, Tom Boles and Donna Burke felt God’s calling in their lives to combine their voices and form Face to Face and they haven’t looked back since. In May 2008 Katie Jones felt led to join the group when Donna Burke left and the Face To Face sound took on an even better blend as only families can.
Face to Face has been nominated for various awards. In 2005, they placed 3rd at the National Quartet Convention Talent Search in the group division. In 2007 they finished 2nd in the Talent Search. In 2006 they were chosen to participate in the Southern Gospel Music Fan Fair Concert Series in Chattanooga, Tennessee and also chosen to participate in the National Quartet Convention Afternoon Showcase in Louisville, Kentucky. They are National Recording Artists and have several songs that have been hits on various Gospel Music Charts. The song “Wonderful, Merciful Savior climbed high at number 28. “You Took Me In” reached as high at 13 and their current single “Change Me Lord” is currently being played and is soaring upward. It was as high as number 5 on the Gospel Music Tour Convention Top 100. They record with Life Sounds Studio in Cleveland, Tennessee and have 3 Major Projects to add to the list of achievements. They are produced and promoted by River City Records in Louisville, Kentucky. They have sang on the 2005 and the 2006 Victory Voyage Cruise and are the Host Group Gloryland Gospel Music Cruises that set sail in February of each year. They hold memberships in KYOVA (Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia Gospel Association) , United Gospel Artists and the Indiana Gospel Music Association.
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Tom Boles - Prospect, Kentucky
Tom Boles started his Southern Gospel Music Career in 1982. During a Music Conference at the Ridgecrest Baptist Conference Center near Ashville, NC, Tom met Tom Bartlett, Ken Brown and Dan Barta and immediately formed the Lighthouse Quartet. They traveled full time together for two years. In 1984 Tom joined the Military and in 1985 Married His wife Leslie.
In 1994 Tom left the military to begin a career in the Insurance Industry. In 1999, Tom sang part time with Forgiven and in 2002 was recruited by The Victory Voices Quartet to sing lead. In 2004, Tom joined forces with Terry Dorsey, Faye Torma and Donna Burke to sing in a pilot group called Gloryland. This group re-formed in late 2004 with Tom, Faye Torma, and Donna Burke and became Face to Face. Today, Tom and his family live in Prospect, Kentucky where he is an Independent Insurance Agent with Main Street
Insurance in Middletown, KY.
Faye Torma - Clarksville, Indiana
Faye started singing as a small child with her twin sister, Katie, in nursing homes and thus launched a ministry of Southern Gospel Music. Forming a group with friends called Voice Of Praise, she grew to love the blessing that came with praising the Name of Jesus in song. In a counsel session with her pastor, she was told that the music ministry was her calling and to go through the doors that the Lord opened for her. When Voice Of Praise came off the road because of group family commitments, Faye joined Gloryland with Terry Dorsey, Tom Boles and Donna Burke. The group reformed and is now known as Face To Face. Faye lives in Clarksville, Indiana with her husband Paul and has one son and grandchildren who will one day follow in their grandmothers footsteps of the music ministry.
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Katie Jones - Salem, Kentucky
Katie Jones is the twin sister of Faye Torma and started singing with the group in May 2008. She has an humble spirit and a beautiful voice that adds a wonderful blend to the Face To Face ministry. She is married to Rev. Howard Jones, evangelist, of Salem, Kentucky where they reside. Katie comes with an rich history in gospel music having sung with the group Harmony of Charleston, South Carolina for better than 10 years. Harmony traveled and appeared on several Christian television shows and spread the gospel all over the southeastern seaboard.
