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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, Americana, Old-Time as a soloist
and with husband and guitarist Tomi Millioto and sister Lori Brigantino.
Lisa
also performs with "In The Rough" a vocal trio which also
features her sister, Lori 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 debut CD
release "A
Brooklyn Night" continues to receive
great reviews and radio airplay in the United States as well as internationally
and her latest CD release "Wonder Wheel" was released
in 2010 to critical acclaim.
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 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 films “Taken” and
"Game Night" both written
and directed by Jennifer Williams. 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 was a finalist in the 2010
International Acoustic Music Awards for her song "Used To Be A House"
and is the recipient of honorable mentions in the past seven consecutive
Annual
Billboard
World Song
Contests.
She received a Runner Up Award in the 2008 Song Of The Year
Contest
for her song"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 and has performed her original music at music festivals
in the US including The Florida Music Festival, The Black Potatoe
Festival and The Pleasantville Music Festival.
Lisa was an original member of Lez Zeppelin, the world's first all
girl, all Led Zeppelin tribute band, playing bass, keyboards, mandolin
and doing backup vocals. During her years with Lez Zeppelin, the band
toured internationally and performed across 10 countries to 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, was released
in 2007 and Lisa co-wrote two of the original songs on the album.
Lisa left Lez Zeppelin in 2009 to get back to concentrating on her
own
original material.
Lisa is a member of SESAC, 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.