Lisa Rae Harriton is an American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and

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. She writes and records music with her husband Joshua Bartholomew under the moniker JoLi. Harriton is a co-writer of the

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and

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nominated song " Everything Is Awesome" from ''

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''. She teaches Keyboard Performance at the

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Early life and education

Harriton was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in

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. She began working as a studio singer at age 8 on dates for

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and

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. She sang the preproduction duet vocals on

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. Harriton attended

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, and completed classical piano studies at the Royal Schools of Music in London, and completed further jazz piano studies at the

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Music career

Harriton has performed in China when she was 16 years old as part of the Cal State Northridge Jazz Band. She has also toured Japan,

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and Los Angeles jazz clubs and has worked with musicians such as

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and

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. On May 22, 2007, in

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club in Paris, she was unveiled as touring keyboardist and backing vocalist for the reformed

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band,

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. Harriton appeared in the videos for "

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" 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

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performing as his keyboardist. She also appeared with Lambert on the ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and the American Music Awards. In 2010 she performed keyboard duties for

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including an appearance on ''

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''. In 2012, Harriton launched a solo career under the stage name Elle Rae.

Awards and nominations

" Everything Is Awesome" awards and nominations

*Nominated for Best Original Song at the

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*Nominated for a

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*Nominated for a

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for Best Song *Nominated for a 2014 Georgia Film Critics Association for Best Original Song *Nominated for a

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for Best Original Song *Nominated for an Awards Circuit Community Award Best Original Song * 2014 Denver Film Critics Society for Best Original Song *2014 Hollywood Music in Media Award for Song – Animated Film *2014

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for Best Original Song *2014 Iowa Film Critics for Best Original Song *2014 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for Best Original Song *2015 Talk Film Society Awards for Best Original Song *''

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'' Artisans Award

References

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* (Elle Rae) * (Jo Li) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harriton, Lisa 1980 births American women singer-songwriters American pianists American women pianists American rock keyboardists American rock songwriters American rock singers The Smashing Pumpkins members USC Thornton School of Music alumni Living people 21st-century American keyboardists 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American women singers