Lisa Harriton
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| name = Lisa Harriton
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Lisa Rae Harriton
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| birth_place = Los Angeles
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| instrument = Piano, keyboards, vocals
| genre = Pop, Electronic, rock
| occupation = Singer-songwriter, pianist, educator
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| associated_acts = Elle Rae, Jo Li, Bartholomew, The Smashing Pumpkins, Adam Lambert, Kesha, Natalia Kills
| website = {{URL|www.lisaharriton.com}}
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Lisa Rae Harriton is an American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and sound designer. She writes and records music with her husband Joshua Bartholomew under the moniker JoLi. Harriton is a co-writer of the Grammy and Oscar nominated song "Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie. She teaches Keyboard Performance at the Los Angeles College of Music.
Early life and education
Harriton was born in Los Angeles, California{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} and grew up in Van Nuys, California.{{Cite news |last=Gennet |first=Robbie |date=April 2008 |title=LISA HARRITON AND THE INFINITE GLADNESS |volume=34 |pages=30–31,6 |work=Keyboard; New York |issue=4}} She began working as a studio singer at age 8 on dates for Disney, Integrity Media and Word Records. She sang the preproduction duet vocals on Rod Stewart's Great American Songbook.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}
Harriton attended California State University, Northridge, and completed classical piano studies at the Royal Schools of Music in London, and completed further jazz piano studies at the University of Southern California.{{cite web |title=Lisa Harriton |url=https://lacm.edu/facultystaff/lisaharriton/ |website=Los Angeles College of Music |access-date=25 October 2022}}
Music career
Harriton has performed in China when she was 16 years old as part of the Cal State Northridge Jazz Band.{{Cite news |last=Clandos |first=Rosemary |date=2000-12-08 |title=Big Band Jazz |pages=123 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111972201/big-band-jazz/ |access-date=2022-10-25}} She has also toured Japan, Peru and Los Angeles jazz clubs and has worked with musicians such as Ingrid Jensen and Ernie Watts.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
On May 22, 2007, in Le Grand Rex club in Paris, she was unveiled as touring keyboardist and backing vocalist for the reformed alternative rock band, Smashing Pumpkins. Harriton appeared in the videos for "Tarantula" and "That's the Way (My Love Is)". She also appeared in the documentary concert film "If All Goes Wrong."
In 2009 she toured with Adam Lambert performing as his keyboardist. She also appeared with Lambert on the CBS Early Show, Late Night with David Letterman, The View, and the American Music Awards. In 2010 she performed keyboard duties for Kesha including an appearance on Ellen.
In 2012, Harriton launched a solo career under the stage name Elle Rae.{{Cite news |last=Dekel |first=Jonathan |date=5 Feb 2015 |title=Everything really is awesome; The untold story behind that Lego earworm |pages=B.5 |work=National Post; Don Mills, Ont. [Don Mills, Ont]}}
Awards and nominations
= "[[Everything Is Awesome]]" awards and nominations =
- Nominated for Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards{{cite news|title=Congrats to our nominees for Original Song|url=https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/555719089071874048|access-date=January 18, 2015|date=January 15, 2015}}
- Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media{{cite news|title=57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=11|access-date=January 12, 2015|date=December 5, 2014}}
- Nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song{{cite news|title=Critics' Choice Nominees |url=http://www.aetv.com/critics-choice/exclusives/nominees |access-date=January 12, 2015 |date=December 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114110453/http://www.aetv.com/critics-choice/exclusives/nominees |archive-date=January 14, 2015 }}
- Nominated for a 2014 Georgia Film Critics Association{{cite news|title=Georgia Film Critics Association: 2014 Awards|url=http://www.georgiafilmcritics.org/p/2014-awards.html|access-date=January 12, 2015|date=January 9, 2015}} for Best Original Song
- Nominated for a Satellite Award{{cite news|title=International Press Academy|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/current-nominees|access-date=January 12, 2015|date=December 1, 2014}} for Best Original Song
- Nominated for an Awards Circuit Community Award{{cite news|title=ACCA 2014|url=http://www.awardscircuit.com/acca/acca-2014/|access-date=February 24, 2015|date=February 12, 2015}} Best Original Song
- 2014 Denver Film Critics Society{{cite news|title=DFCS Names 'American Sniper' 2014′s Best Film|url=http://denverfilmcritics.org|access-date=January 12, 2015|date=January 12, 2015}} for Best Original Song
- 2014 Hollywood Music in Media Award{{cite news|last=Feinberg|first=Scott|title=Hollywood Music in Media Awards: Gregg Alexander Performs, Glen Campbell Feted|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/hollywood-music-media-awards-gregg-746553|access-date=January 11, 2015|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=November 5, 2014}} for Song – Animated Film
- 2014 Houston Film Critics Society{{cite news|title=Houston Film Critics Society |url=http://www.houstonfilmcritics.org/awards |access-date=January 12, 2015 |date=December 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210230948/http://www.houstonfilmcritics.org/awards |archive-date=February 10, 2014 }} for Best Original Song
- 2014 Iowa Film Critics{{cite news|last=Patches|first=Matt|title='Boyhood' is Iowa Critics' Best Picture of 2014|url=http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/boyhood-is-iowa-critics-best-picture-of-2014|access-date=January 11, 2015|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=January 7, 2015}} for Best Original Song
- 2014 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards{{cite news|title=Phoenix Film Critics Society|url=http://phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org|access-date=January 12, 2015|date=December 16, 2014}} for Best Original Song
- 2015 Talk Film Society Awards for Best Original Song
- Variety Artisans Award{{cite news|title=Santa Barbara Film Festival Announces Full Program, Variety Artisans Awards|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/santa-barbara-film-festival-announces-full-program-artisans-awards-1201396045|access-date=January 12, 2015|newspaper=Variety|date=January 8, 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.elleraemusic.com}} (Elle Rae)
- {{Official website|http://www.jolimusic.com}} (Jo Li)
- {{IMDb name|3021253}}
{{Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in an Animated Film}}
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Category:American women singer-songwriters
Category:American women pianists
Category:American rock keyboardists
Category:American rock songwriters
Category:American rock singers
Category:The Smashing Pumpkins members
Category:USC Thornton School of Music alumni
Category:21st-century American keyboardists