Who Is Toni LaShaun?
Toni LaShaun Wortherly is a songwriter, author and educator from Jacksonville, Florida. She has been singing and acting since she was a teenager and writing for almost twenty years. Her childhood goal was to practice law and she did that for awhile, yet felt drawn to do something different. In 2005, she wrote a book called, Pray While You're Prey, and then, became a teacher in 2006, following her heart’s calling at the time.
Her favorite singers are her dad, Ray Wortherly, and Tramaine Hawkins. She has been influenced by all styles of music, as it is a universal language. Currently, Toni serves as the praise team leader at New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Atlantic Beach, Florida, which allows her to use her music, as well as, music from all genres and generations to inspire the congregation each Sunday.
Toni has placed in the Top 5 of the SongwriterUniverse Song of the Month competition with her song, Shadow Of Your Wings. She also had two top ten finalist entries, Don’t You Worry and Worth Dying For in a SongU.com competition, which landed her a song plugging contract with Cole Wright. Don’t You Worry was also a semi-finalist in the Song of the Year contest. Toni’s song, My Victory Is In My Praise, was considered for placement on a praise compilation CD. In 2018, Toni's song, In The Hallway, placed in the top 6 of the CCM Category of the Worship The Rock Songwriting Contest. In December 2020, Gift of You (co-written by Jared Jones and Toni Wortherly) won the Rhyme Partners Holiday Pop-Up Contest.
In 2016, Toni had her first cut with her song, Black Sheep (co-written with Brian White and Dave Quirk) and her first single song agreement with Daywind Records for her song Hand It Over (co-written with Keesy Timmer and Cindy Mechem). Hand It Over also won TSAI Song Of The Year! Toni has also had cuts with co-writers Justin White (Written On My Soul), Bryan Boliver (Give What I Got), Jared KF Jones (Dust, We Will Rise, You Are).
Toni continues to build on her craftsmanship by attending Global Songwriters Connections FOCUS events and the Full Circle Music Songwriting Retreat in Nashville, the CIAS Songwriting Retreats in Melbourne, Florida, and building relationships with publisher, pro writers and peer writers. The most important relationship in Toni's life is her relationship with Jesus Christ. Through her original music, Toni finally feels like she is living in the fullness of that relationship and is on the path that God has for her. She hopes to continue to spread the gospel and message of God’s love through her music, and will be releasing an EP, Strength To Soar, in September 2022!
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Her favorite singers are her dad, Ray Wortherly, and Tramaine Hawkins. She has been influenced by all styles of music, as it is a universal language. Currently, Toni serves as the praise team leader at New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Atlantic Beach, Florida, which allows her to use her music, as well as, music from all genres and generations to inspire the congregation each Sunday.
Toni has placed in the Top 5 of the SongwriterUniverse Song of the Month competition with her song, Shadow Of Your Wings. She also had two top ten finalist entries, Don’t You Worry and Worth Dying For in a SongU.com competition, which landed her a song plugging contract with Cole Wright. Don’t You Worry was also a semi-finalist in the Song of the Year contest. Toni’s song, My Victory Is In My Praise, was considered for placement on a praise compilation CD. In 2018, Toni's song, In The Hallway, placed in the top 6 of the CCM Category of the Worship The Rock Songwriting Contest. In December 2020, Gift of You (co-written by Jared Jones and Toni Wortherly) won the Rhyme Partners Holiday Pop-Up Contest.
In 2016, Toni had her first cut with her song, Black Sheep (co-written with Brian White and Dave Quirk) and her first single song agreement with Daywind Records for her song Hand It Over (co-written with Keesy Timmer and Cindy Mechem). Hand It Over also won TSAI Song Of The Year! Toni has also had cuts with co-writers Justin White (Written On My Soul), Bryan Boliver (Give What I Got), Jared KF Jones (Dust, We Will Rise, You Are).
Toni continues to build on her craftsmanship by attending Global Songwriters Connections FOCUS events and the Full Circle Music Songwriting Retreat in Nashville, the CIAS Songwriting Retreats in Melbourne, Florida, and building relationships with publisher, pro writers and peer writers. The most important relationship in Toni's life is her relationship with Jesus Christ. Through her original music, Toni finally feels like she is living in the fullness of that relationship and is on the path that God has for her. She hopes to continue to spread the gospel and message of God’s love through her music, and will be releasing an EP, Strength To Soar, in September 2022!
Links
Website
Linktree
Spotify
YouTube
Bandcamp
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