CAMPUSPEAK

A truly entertaining concert that mixes music with social justice issues and diversity awareness.

• Keynotes

• Music That Matters

Music That Matters

Singer and songwriter Randi Driscoll has been touring North America for several years entertaining large and small audiences with her blend of powerful music and words, inspiring praise for her musical talents and her dedication to social justice.

In “Music That Matters” you get an intimate session with a singer who has dedicated herself to her artistry and to the issues surrounding human dignity. Randi has opened for well-known artists with the same commitment to human issues, including Jason Mraz, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, and Jackson Browne. But one of her greatest accomplishments has been “What Matters,” a song she wrote in memory of Matthew Shepard, the young gay University of Wyoming student who was murdered in a hate crime. The Matthew Shepard Foundation has adopted the song and Randi is a frequent guest of Judy Shepard at national media events.

In her campus keynote, Randi shares this song and others inspired by human events. Each original song is beautiful and inspires compassion and hope. Her goal is to use songwriting to create a positive and inspirational message.

Randi turns a concert into an educational program by mixing storytelling with her music. She has chosen to take her message to young adults across the nation in hopes of inspiring them to take a positive role in their communities. Randi is a popular choice of campus entertainment boards, for coffeehouse programs, or for any campus program mixing entertainment with social justice or diversity awareness programming.

Randi's Bio

Randi is an award winning singer/ songwriter who has shared the stage with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Jason Mraz, Bruce Horsby, Cyndi Lauper, Dave Koz, Pat Benetar, Rufas Wainwright and numerous others. Her accolades include: two special mentions in Rolling Stone Magazine and Campus Activities Magazine’s “Female Performer of the Year 2004.” Randi’s music has been featured in films, a commercial directed by Spike Lee and the hit series Dawson’s Creek. Randi’s performance credits include appearances at Lincoln Center, The Seattle Opera House, The Walnut Creek Theatre, The Joint ( Las Vegas), The Japan Center for the Arts (Los Angeles), Place des Artes (Montreal), Paramount Studios, The National HRC Dinner honoring Hillary Clinton and hundreds of clubs, theaters colleges and universities nationwide.

Randi is perhaps best known for her song “What Matters,” a benefit single that has raised more than $40,000 dollars for the Matthew Shepard Foundation, whose goal is to replace hate with understanding, compassion and acceptance. A documentary about “What Matters” has won several film festival awards and the song was featured in the NBC film, The Matthew Shepard Story.  Randi tours year round promoting her independent music and has successfully moved over 20,000 copies of her original cds.

Randi is a trained actress, pianist and vocalist and she has appeared in commercials, documentaries and most recently, alongside Mary McDonnell and Bradley Whitford in The Laramie Project, Epilogue at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

Randi Driscoll’s latest release, 365 Days, is a musical collaboration with Grammy Award Winning Producer, Larry Mitchell and can be found at cdbaby.com and iTunes.