Renowned Kiwi songstress and song-writer Toni Randle has spent the last eleven years forging a very successful career in Australasia.
A songwriter, performer and arranger of great skill and musicality, Toni Randle is one of Australasia’s most highly regarded contemporary vocalists. Her songs are beautifully crafted with attention to detail in both the music and lyrics and her intoxicating voice has a clarity and purity seldom heard in contemporary music. Having received many acolade’s for her singing and her compositions there can be no doubt that her musicianship is second to none.
In recent years Toni has predominantly concentrated on writing and performing with her band, “The Portraits” with her husband and drummer, Andrew Keegan. Toni and “The Portraits” have performed at some of Sydney and Melbourne’s premiere music venues such as The Northcote Social Club, Manchester Lane and The Wesley Anne to name but a few. They have two self titled EP’s.
This year she has written for Asia Pacific’s Cartoon Network “Chi Ching!” which is on youtube and has been hugely popular in Asia with two rounds of commissions already. Prior to her recent move to Auckland she taught both jazz and contemporary voice, and lyric writing at The Christchurch Polytechnic and also taught, conducted and arranged for three choral ensembles at St Margaret’s College.
During her time as a professional artist, Toni has also been privileged to play and study with some of New Zealand and Australia’s most prominent Jazz and Contemporary artists, such as, Judy Bailey, Mike Nock, Stu Buchanan, Doug Caldwell, Gerard Masters, Brett Hirst, James Muller, Dave Goodman, Paul MacNamara, Sean Wayland, Frank De Sario, Ben Hauptman, Shelley Rosenberg and Bob Sedergreen to name but a few.
Toni also has her Masters of Performance Jazz Voice (dist) from the Sydney Conservatorium, her A.T.C.L in Classical voice from Trinity College London (dist), and her M.N.Z.D.A (hons).
With an ever- growing audience, Toni Randle is a one of Australasia’s most highly regarded and qualified vocalists and educators.
Ideal for: background music for corporate function, private party, wedding
Toni has these options available:
DUOS:
Piano and voice
Guitar and voice
TRIOS:
Piano, voice and bass
Guitar voice and bass
Guitar voice and drums
Piano , voice and drums
QUARTETS:
Piano, voice, bass and drums
Guitar, voice, bass and drums
Drums can be substituted for a horn player – (sax, trombone, trumpet, flute)
QUINTETS:
Piano, voice, bass, drums plus a horn player
Guitar, voice, bass, drums plus a horn player
The Toni Randle Ensemble is available for corporate functions, wedding services and receptions, christenings, and milestone birthday parties. Repertoire can include Jazz, Contemporary or Classical pieces.
Whether you are looking to create a gentle ambiance to suit your dining entertainment wishes or focal point music to engage your guests and perhaps get them up onto the dance floor, The Toni Randle ensemble can cater for your needs.
With over fifteen years in the music industry Toni and her fellow musicians are skilled at reading social situations and can cater for all functions, pairing both the genres and size and make up of the ensemble to suit any occasion.
Toni will give you a full, personalized consultation, either by phone conference or in person to ensure that you receive exactly what you envisage for your special day.
The ensemble provides excellent acoustic music for a variety of venues, drawing from the songbooks of artists such as Frank Sinatra, Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Harry Connick Jnr, Norah Jones, Dianna Krall, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Eva Cassidy, James Brown, Donny Hathaway, Bob Marley, Crowded House, Bic Runga to name but a few. They showcase some of Australasia’s finest jazz and contemporary musicians who are young yet with experience, enthusiastic, and immaculately presented.
They play relaxed jazz and RnB and/or soul music to get the audience up on the dance floor with a line up chosen by the client depending on their requirements.
Toni and her ensemble have collectively performed at a multitude of venues and private functions including:
THE HILTON HOTEL: TOKYO JAPAN BAR 303, MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA DIZZY’S JAZZ CLUB, MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA RIPPON LEA ESTATE, MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA BENNETS LANE JAZZ CLUB, MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA MANCHESTER LANE JAZZ CLUB, MELBOURNE ASUTRALIA THE WESLEY ANNE, MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA THE SYDNEY REGENT HOTEL, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA THE HARBOUR SIDE BRASSERIE, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA THE BASEMENT HOTEL, SYDNEY AUSTRALIATHE HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA TRUMPS TAVERN, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA THE BEACH ROAD HOTEL, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA THE QUEEN VICTORIA BUILDING, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA THE HOTEL NIKO, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
THE MILLENIUM HOTEL, CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND THE HERITAGE HOTEL, CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND THE CHATEAU ON THE PARK, CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND THE MANSFIELD HOTEL, CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND RYDGES HOTEL, CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND THE IBM TENT, MELBOURNE CUP 2006 AND 2007 THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SWIMMING AWARDS 2010
AND MANY, MANY MORE PRIVATE FUNCTIONS.
So if you’re looking for music to create a memorable dining experience and enhance the ambience of your Bar, Lounge, Restaurant, Wedding, Birthday Party, Work Party ask for a quote now!
Acoustic
A Child Is Born
A Day In The Life Of A Fool
A Foggy Day
A Night In Tunisia
A Nightingale Sang In Berkley
A Quiet Place
A Train
A Weaver Of Dreams
Accentuate The Positive
Afro Blue
Ain't Misbehaving
Alice And Wonderland
All Of Me
All Of You
All The Things You Are
Almost Like Being In Love
Angel Eyes
April In Paris
As Time Goes By
At Last
Autumn Leaves
Beautiful Love
Besame Mucho
Better Be Home
Bewitched
Blame It On My Youth
Blue Moon
Body And Soul
Bridge Over Troubled Water
But Beautiful
But Not For Me
Bye Bye Blackbird
Can't Help Loving That Man
Can't We Be Friends
Centrepiece
Cheek To Cheek
Come Fly With Me
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Corcovado
Crystal Silence
Darn That Dream
Days Of Wine And Roses
Desafinado
Don't Dream It's Over
Don't Get Around Much
Don't Know Why
Dream A Little Dream
Everything Happens…
Falling Grace
Fascinating Rhythm
Filthy McNasty
Fly Me To The Moon
Frim Fram Sauce
Georgia
God Bless The Child
Gone With The Wind
Green Dolphin Street
Guess Who I Saw Today
Here's That Rainy Day
Honeysuckle Rose
How High The Moon
How Insensitive
How Sweet It Is
I Can't Get Started
I Concentrate On You
I Could Write A Book
I Cried For You
I Get A Kick
I Got It Bad
I Got Rhythm
I Mean You
I Remember Clifford
I Remember Sky
I Should Care
I Thought About You
I'll Remember April
I'm Beginning To See The Light
I'm Old Fashioned
I've Got The World On A String
I've Got You Under My Skin
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
If I Fell
If I Were A Bell
If You Never Come To Me
In A Mellow Tone
In A Sentimental Mood
In Walked Bud
It Could Happen To You
It Had To Be You
It Never Entered My Mind
It's You Or No-one
Joy Spring
Just Friends
Just In Time
Like Someone In Love
Losing My Mind
Love
Love For Sale
Lover Man
Lullaby Of Bird land
Lush Life
Making Whoopee
Mean To Me
Miss Celies Blues
Misty
Moonglow
Moonlight In Vermont
Mr Sandman
My Baby Just Cares For Me
My Favourite Things
My Foolish Heart
My Funny Valentine
My One And Only Love
My Romance
Natural Women
Nature Boy
Nice Weather For Ducks
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Night And Day
No More Blues
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
Oh Darling
Old Devil Moon
On A Clear Day
On The Street Where You Live
On The Sunny Side OF The Street
One Note Samba
Orange Coloured Sky
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Out Of Nowhere
Out Of This World
Paper Moon
Peel Me A Grape
Perdido
Pick Yourself Up….
Prelude To A Kiss
Que Sera Sera
Question And Answer
Recipe For Making Love
Round Midnight
Route 66
Satin Doll
Save Your Love For Me
Secret Love
Sister Sadie
Skylark
Sleeping Bee
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Softly As In A Morning
Someday My Prince Will Come
Someone To Watch Over Me
Something Stupid
Sometimes I'm Happy
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Songbird
Sophisticated Lady
Spain
Spring Can Really Hang You
Stella By Starlight
Stomping At The Savoy
Straighten up And Fly Right
Sweet Georgia Brown
Tenderly
That's All
That There
The Girl From Ipanema
The House That Nat built
The Lady Is A Tramp
The Midnight Sun
The Nearness Of You
The Shadow Of Your Smile
The Way You Look Tonight
Them There Eyes/What A little Moonlight
There Will Never Be Another
There's No Greater Love
These Foolish Things
They Can't Take That Away
This Can't Be Love
Time Is A Healer
Twisted
Undecided Now
Unforgettable
Up Jumped Spring
Watch What Happens
Wave
We'll Be Together Again
Well You Needn't
What Is This Thing Called Love?
What's New?
When I Fall In Love
When Sunny Gets Blue
When The World Was Young
Witchcraft
With Every Breath I Take
Yatra Ta
Yesterdays
You Don't Know What Love Is
You Go To My Head
You Make Me Feel So Young
You Must Believe In Spring
You're Everything
Contemporary Song Titles
A Fool For You
A Song For You
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Ain’t No Sunshine
Baby I Love You
Besame Mucho
Black Velvet
Blame It On The Boogie
Blue Eyes
Brother Sister
Can’t Take My Eyes
Case Of You
Cruising
Dancing In The Street
Desperado
Dock Of The Bay
Don’t Dream It’s Over
Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing
Dream A Little Dream
Drown In My Own Tears
Easy
Feel Like Making Love
Fields Of Gold
Fire
For Once In My Life
Gentle Heart
Golden Thread
Grandma’s Hands
Green
Hallelujah
Higher Ground
Hit The Road Jack
How Sweet It Is
I Can See Clearly Now The Rain Has Gone
I Can’t Make You Love Me
I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
I Wish You Well
I’ll Be There
If You Go Away
Is This Love?
Jealous Guy
Just The Way You Are
Killing Me Softly
Know You By Heart
Lean On Me
Let It Be
Let’s Stay Together
Lilac Wine
More than You’ll Ever Know
Natural Woman
Oh Darling
One Fine Day
One Flight Down
People Get Ready
Que Sera Sera
Sign Your Name
Signed Sealed Delivered
Something
Son Of A Preacher Man
Songbird
Spinning Wheel
Stand By Me
Stay
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Stir It Up
Summertime
Suzanne
Sweet Disorder
Stand By Me
Stay
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Stir It Up
Summertime
Suzanne
Sweet Disorder
Sweet Dreams
Take My Breath Away
Teach Me Tonight
That Thing
The Best Of My Love
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
The Fool On The Hill
The Look Of Love
This Masquerade
Time Is A Healer
Two Of Us
Wade In The Water
Wayfaring Stranger
We Are Family
What’s Going On?
Who Is He And What Is He To You?
Why Didn’t You Call Me?
Wishing Well
With Or Without You
Yellow Brick Road
Yesterday
You Are So Beautiful
You Been Talking Bout Me Baby
You Don’t Know Me
You Send Me
You’ve Got A Friend
Jazz Song Titles
A Child Is Born
A Day In The Life Of A Fool
A Foggy Day
A Night In Tunisia
A Nightingale Sang In Berkley
A Quiet Place
A Train
A Weaver Of Dreams
Accentuate The Positive
Afro Blue
Ain’t Misbehaving
Alice And Wonderland
All Of Me
All Of You
All The Things You Are
Almost Like Being In Love
Angel Eyes
April In Paris
As Time Goes By
At Last
Autumn Leaves
Beautiful Love
Besame Mucho
Better Be Home
Bewitched
Blame It On My Youth
Blue Moon
Body And Soul
Bridge Over Troubled Water
But Beautiful
But Not For Me
Bye Bye Blackbird
Can’t Help Loving That Man
Can’t We Be Friends
Centrepiece
Cheek To Cheek
Come Fly With Me
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Corcovado
Crystal Silence
Darn That Dream
Days Of Wine And Roses
Desafinado
Don’t Dream It’s Over
Don’t Get Around Much
Don’t Know Why
Dream A Little Dream
Everything Happens…
Falling Grace
Fascinating Rhythm
Filthy McNasty
Fly Me to The Moon
Frim Fram Sauce
Georgia
God Bless The Child
Gone With The Wind
Green Dolphin Street
Guess Who I Saw Today
Here’s That Rainy Day
Honeysuckle Rose
How High The Moon
How Insensitive
How Sweet It Is
I Can’t Get Started
I Concentrate On You
I Could Write A Book
I Cried For You
I Get A Kick
I Got It Bad
I Got Rhythm
I Mean You
I Remember Clifford
I Remember Sky
I Should Care
I Thought About You
I’ll Remember April
I’m Beginning To See The Light
I’m Old Fashioned
I’ve Got The World On A String
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face
If I Fell
If I Were A Bell
If You Never Come To Me
In A Mellow Tone
In A Sentimental Mood
In Walked Bud
It Could Happen To You
It Had To Be You
It Never Entered My Mind
It’s You Or No-one
Joy Spring
Just Friends
Just In Time
Like Someone In Love
Losing My Mind
Love
Love For Sale
Lover Man
Lullaby Of Bird land
Lush Life
Making Whoopee
Mean To Me
Miss Celies Blues
Misty
Moonglow
Moonlight In Vermont
Mr Sandman
My Baby Just Cares For Me
My Favourite Things
My Foolish Heart
My Funny Valentine
My One And Only Love
My Romance
Natural Women
Nature Boy
Nice Weather For Ducks
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Night And Day
No More Blues
Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
Oh Darling
Old Devil Moon
On A Clear Day
On The Street Where You Live
On The Sunny Side OF The Street
One Note Samba
Orange Coloured Sky
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Out Of Nowhere
Out Of This World
Paper Moon
Peel Me A Grape
Perdido
Pick Yourself Up….
Prelude To A Kiss
Que Sera Sera
Question And Answer
Recipe For Making Love
Round Midnight
Route 66
Satin Doll
Save Your Love For Me
Secret Love
Sister Sadie
Skylark
Sleeping Bee
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Softly As In A Morning
Someday My Prince Will Come
Someone To Watch Over Me
Something Stupid
Sometimes I’m Happy
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Songbird
Sophisticated Lady
Spain
Spring Can Really Hang You
Stella By Starlight
Stomping At The Savoy
Straighten up And Fly Right
Sweet Georgia Brown
Tenderly
That’s All
That There
The Girl From Ipanema
The House That Nat built
The Lady Is A Tramp
The Midnight Sun
The Nearness Of You
The Shadow Of Your Smile
The Way You Look Tonight
Them There Eyes/What A little Moonlight
There Will Never Be Another
There’s No Greater Love
These Foolish Things
They Can’t Take That Away
This Can’t Be Love
Time Is A Healer
Twisted
Undecided Now
Unforgettable
Up Jumped Spring
Watch What Happens
Wave
We’ll Be Together Again
Well You Needn’t
What Is This Thing Called Love?
What’s New?
When I Fall In Love
When Sunny Gets Blue
When The World Was Young
Witchcraft
With Every Breath I Take
Yatra Ta
Yesterdays
You Don’t Know What Love Is
You Go To My Head
You Make Me Feel So Young
You Must Believe In Spring
You’re Everything
