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Lisa began composing as a child and continued through high school and college,
attending The School of Music at State University of New York at Fredonia.
She studied composition and theory with Dr. Donald Bohlen and voice with
Christine Walters. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music theory
and stayed on at Fredonia as a graduate assistant and received a Master
of Music degree in composition and music theory.
Lisa lives in Brooklyn, NY and performs her original, eclectic mix
of folk/blues/rock/pop/country as a soloist and with husband
and guitarist Tomi Millioto. Lisa also performs
with "In The Rough" a vocal trio which also features her sister,
Lori Brigantino and Broadway veteran Susan Haefner. Lisa has built up
an enthusiastic following performing around the country and at well-known
venues in the New York City/Tri-State area. Lisa’s CD release "A
Brooklyn Night" continues to receive
great reviews and radio airplay in the United States as well as internationally
and her second album "Wonder Wheel" will be released on June
7, 2010.
Lisa performs with her sister Lori at cabaret spaces around NYC and
beyond in "The Vickie and Nickie Show" - a wacky musical comedy act
about the fun, multi-instrumental, singing suburban-housewife sister duo,
Vickie and Nickie, straight from the hills of Northern Minnesota. Through
original songs and tunes ranging from pop to rock to rap, Vickie and Nickie
share their rise to “fame”, family stories and their own
special take on the world today while accompanying themselves on acoustic
and electric
guitars, accordion, saxophone, violin, Casio keyboard and more. The
self-contained Vickie and Nickie Show is infused with improvisation
and audience participation.
Visit www.vickieandnickie.com.
Coming from an eclectic base has helped Lisa compose music for a variety
of projects including "Reflections", an experimental theatre
production, "Scenes and Revelations", a play produced at The
Chautauqua Institute, "Seeing Red", a short film which Lisa also
appeared in, various choral and instrumental works, a cabaret show entitled "The
Edge of Guilt, A Quantum Trek" and numerous arrangements and transcriptions.
Lisa has sound designed and composed music for Twinfish Productions, Inc.,
The New Edge Theatre Company and The Central Stage Players. In addition,
Lisa has written music for TV producer Stephen Kaufman of Snappercreek
Productions as well as production music for Technical Directions, LLC.
Her song "Wallflower" was used in the short film "The Journal".
Lisa’s company Hidden Pond Productions supplies music/talent supervision,
intellectual property licensing and original custom music production services.
Lisa and Tom Millioto recently wrote and recorded the music for a national
TV and radio commercial for Plato’s Closet, an apparel store chain.
Lisa scored music for the short film “Taken”, released in 2007
written and directed by Jennifer Williams. Lisa is currently composing
music for Williams’ next film, Game Night. Visit www.hiddenpondproductions.com.
Lisa is the recipient of a Citation of Merit Award from past Brooklyn
Borough President Howard Golden for her work on "A Brooklyn Night”.
She is a past finalist in the Fast Folk Magazine NYC Singer/Songwriter
Contest and has also received a "Cool Band Award" from GoGirlsMusic.com
for her website, www.lisabrig.com. Lisa is the recipient of honorable
mentions in the past five consecutive Annual Billboard World Song Contest
for her
songs "WallFlower", "The Light Of Your Face", “Departure”, “Don’t
Say It At All” and “I Gotta Find Me Something”. She
recently received a Runner Up Award in the 2008 Song Of The Year Contest
for "The Light Of Your Face". Lisa has performed in numerous
singer/songwriter showcases including showcases
for The Songwriters Guild of America, BMI, Women In Music, Inc., and
more.
Lisa was a founding member of Lez Zeppelin, the world's first all girl,
all Led Zeppelin tribute band, playing bass, keyboards, mandolin and
doing backup vocals. Lez Zeppelin toured internationally and performed
over 300
shows in the past three years across 10 countries with rave reviews,
including making press appearances in Rolling Stone ( US, Germany and
Japan ), Time
Out New York & Chicago, Entertainment Weekly, The London Times,
BBC.UK, CNN.com, The Sydney Morning Herald, AOL.com, Relix Magazine,
The Boston
Globe, Seven News Australia, The New Yorker, Vh1, MTV News, CNN News,
CBS Sunday Morning, Music Fair TV in Japan and many more. Lez Zeppelin's
debut
album, produced and recorded by the legendary Eddie Kramer is available
in the US and Europe and when released in Japan last summer, charted
in the Top 100.
Lisa is a member of BMI, The Songwriters Guild of America, a voting
member of NARAS and serves on the Advisory Board of Women In Music,
Inc., She
is also a past co-editor and contributing writer for Women In Music,
Inc.’s
quarterly magazine, WIM.