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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 or with husband and guitarist Tomi Millioto. Lisa also performs
with "In The Rough" a vocal trio which also features her sister,
Lori Brigantino and 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.
Lisa’s second album is currently being recorded.
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,
including an arrangement of "Surfin' Bird" for a national TV
and radio commercial. 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" and she recently scored music for the short film “Taken”,
released in 2007 and directed by Jennifer Williams. Lisa is already slated
to compose music for Williams’ next project, which starts filming
in November 2007.
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. She is also 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” and “Don’t
Say It At All”, most recently "I Gotta Find Me Something" which placed
in the top 500 entries of the contest. Lisa has performed in singer/songwriter
showcases for The Songwriters Guild
of America,
BMI,
Women In Music, Inc.,
The Uptown
Songwriters Hang, The Marmalade Jam and the Annual New York City Peekaboo
Festival of New Music and Theatre.
Lisa is proud to be a founding member of Lez Zeppelin, the world's
first all girl, all Led Zeppelin tribute band, playing bass,
keyboards and mandolin.
Lez Zeppelin tours internationally and has just released their debut
CD produced by legendary engineer/producer Eddie Kramer. The
band has appeared
on national TV and has received press in publications such as Spin, The
New York Times, The London Times, Time Out New York, and Rolling Stone.
For more info, visit www.lezzeppelin.com. Lisa also performs with her
sister Lori at cabaret spaces around NYC 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.
Lisa is a member of BMI, The Songwriters Guild of America 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.