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Lisa Occhino is an award-winning pianist, songwriter, singer, and music entrepreneur who enjoys writing in pop, rock, R&B, alternative, and jazz genres. A Songwriting and Composition Scholarship recipient, she is currently an honors student majoring in Music Business/ Management at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Lisa has performed live on television, radio, private and company functions, concerts, music venues, and non-profit events. In 2010, she was among less than 1% of songwriters under age 18 invited to showcase her originals at Manhattan’s oldest and most famous rock club, The Bitter End, where thousands of music legends have launched their careers.

Lisa’s music ranges from playful songs to ballads evoking feelings of inspiration, encouragement, and coping. She has broadened her musical interests to include guitar, harmonica, ukulele, marimba, xylophone, and other mallet instruments. In April 2011, her song “The Pain Behind Your Eyes” was featured in a compilation titled Love Conquers All: Music for Japan with over 40 other Berklee songwriters who are donating 100% of the proceeds to Save the Children’s disaster relief for Japan. Lisa is also slated to have her original song “I Do It Better” featured on Indie’s Best: A Flicknife Sampler produced by Flicknife Records, an independent record label in the United Kingdom. On her first EP, Discovery, she performed all of the lead vocals, harmonies, and piano, and donates 20% of every purchase of a hard copy to benefit the Stamford Young Artists Philharmonic Outreach music program.

Lisa is a member of the performing rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the national Music and Entertainment Industry Student Association (MEISA), and several organizations at Berklee including the Marketing Club (Vice President), the Songwriters’ Club, the Women Musicians Network, and Jams@Berklee. As Editor-in-Chief of The Berklee Groove, she has interviewed legendary artists and bands such as Dream Theater, The Spin Doctors, and Tommy Lee (of Motley Crue), as well as Dashboard Confessional, Jack’s Mannequin, Jason Reeves, Will Dailey, and the Top 3 contestants of NBC’s “The Voice,” Season One. She has participated in dozens of clinics and workshops, from Manhattan to Boston, with music industry leaders and Grammy-winning artists in business, management, publishing, marketing, social media, songwriting, and production. Lisa is currently collaborating with other artists and songwriters and plans on releasing her sophomore album in the near future.