Lisa Harriton
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Lisa Rae Harriton is an English
rock musician, who became a touring keyboardist
and back-up vocalist with the alternative rock
band
, The Smashing Pumpkins
in 2007. She is also a singer/songwriter serving up a soulful blend of pop infused with jazz and world influences. Her music ranges from introspective ballads to infectious grooves, which she leads from the keyboard. Harriton 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
.”
Harriton attended 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
in May 2004.
She has performed in China
, Japan
, Peru
and in Los Angeles
jazz clubs and has worked with musicians such as Ingrid Jensen
and Ernie Watts
.
Her mother Terry Harriton is a Los Angeles studio singer, father Michael Harriton is a composer and musician, and older brother Steven is also a musician.
She was most recently seen performing at the American Music Awards 2009 with Adam Lambert
as his keyboardist. She also appeared with Adam on the "CBS Early Show","Late Night with David Letterman" and "The View"
club in Paris
, she was unveiled as touring keyboardist and backing vocalist for the reformed Smashing Pumpkins. Harriton appears in the videos for "Tarantula" and "That's the Way (My Love Is)
". On March 9, 2010, Billy Corgan
started auditions for a new keyboardist for The Smashing Pumpkins' album in progress, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
rock musician, who became a touring keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
and back-up vocalist with the alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
, The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan frontman and James Iha , the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin , D'arcy Wretzky , and currently includes Jeff Schroeder Mike Byrne , and Nicole Fiorentino The Smashing...
in 2007. She is also a singer/songwriter serving up a soulful blend of pop infused with jazz and world influences. Her music ranges from introspective ballads to infectious grooves, which she leads from the keyboard. Harriton began working as a studio singer at age 8 on dates for Disney, Integrity Media
Integrity Media
Integrity Media is a privately held media communications company that publishes and distributes Christian music, films and related materials. The corporate offices are located in Mobile, Alabama, with subsidiary offices in Tennessee and foreign offices in Singapore, South Africa and the United...
and Word Records
Word Records
Word Records is a Christian record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a division of Word Entertainment , which, itself is co-owned by Warner Music Group and Curb Records...
. She sang the preproduction duet vocals on Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....
's “Great American Songbook
Great American Songbook
The Great American Songbook is a hypothetical construct that seeks to represent the best American songs of the 20th century principally from Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywood musicals, from the 1920s to 1960, including dozens of songs of enduring popularity...
.”
Harriton attended and completed classical piano studies at the Royal Schools of Music
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
ABRSM is an internationally recognised educational body and charity that provides examinations in music The organisation, based in London, UK, runs exams in centres all over the world...
in London, and completed further jazz piano studies at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
in May 2004.
She has performed in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
and in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
jazz clubs and has worked with musicians such as Ingrid Jensen
Ingrid Jensen
Ingrid Jensen is a Canadian jazz trumpet player.Jensen is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and Malaspina University in Nanaimo, British Columbia. She has been nominated for several Juno awards, winning one with her first release, Vernal Fields...
and Ernie Watts
Ernie Watts
Ernest James "Ernie" Watts is an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician. He plays saxophone and flute. He might be best known for his work with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and his Grammy Awards as an instrumentalist...
.
Her mother Terry Harriton is a Los Angeles studio singer, father Michael Harriton is a composer and musician, and older brother Steven is also a musician.
She was most recently seen performing at the American Music Awards 2009 with Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol...
as his keyboardist. She also appeared with Adam on the "CBS Early Show","Late Night with David Letterman" and "The View"
The Smashing Pumpkins
On 22 May 2007, in Le Grand RexLe Grand Rex
Le Grand Rex is the largest cinema, theater and music venue in Paris, with 2,800 seats. An atmospheric theatre, the cinema features a starred "sky" overhead, as well as interior fountains. The cinema is a landmark of Art Deco style architecture. It features the largest screen in Europe, called...
club in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, she was unveiled as touring keyboardist and backing vocalist for the reformed Smashing Pumpkins. Harriton appears in the videos for "Tarantula" and "That's the Way (My Love Is)
That's the Way (My Love Is)
"That's the Way " is a song written by Billy Corgan and performed by The Smashing Pumpkins on their album Zeitgeist."That's the Way " is the second, and final, commercial single from the album, and was released to radio in August 2007, with a retail single in September...
". On March 9, 2010, Billy Corgan
Billy Corgan
William Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet best known as the frontman and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois in 1987, the band quickly gained steam with the...
started auditions for a new keyboardist for The Smashing Pumpkins' album in progress, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope
Teargarden by Kaleidyscope
Teargarden by Kaleidyscope is the eighth album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. A series of 44 individual songs, it is being released one track at a time through free MP3 downloads over the course of several years...
.