LISA DOWNING is a three time Emmy® Award Winning composer/pianist, and a seven-time Emmy® Nominee. Lisa achieved #5 on the Billboard® Charts for New Age Album, and is a multiple award winning, international concert performer, composer and recording artist who is re-defining the genre of solo piano. She has performed world-wide with Grammy Award winners/nominees such as David Lanz, Suzanne Ciani, Will Ackerman, and Peter Kater. Her performances include the "International Pianists of the World" series in Spain, the “Concierto Internacional de Piano” series in Argentina — plus performances in Germany, as well as many concerts across the United States.Her CDs have won multiple awards including the ZMR Holiday Album of the year for her album “Christmas for Two.” Lisa's album, "A Delicate Balance,” was also considered for Grammy nomination and ranked in the top 5 Albums for worldwide airplay in its genre. Her latest album, “The Wisdom of My Shadow,” achieved #5 on the Billboard Charts for New Age Album.Ms. Downing is a member of The Alliance for Women Film Composers and has received Heartland Emmy® Awards in the “Best Music Composition/Arrangement” category for her original film scores in two episodes of the PBS documentary series “Great Colorado Women,” her original film score for the short documentary “The Torii Gates,” as well as four other Emmy® nominations for her concert video performances and film scores. Lisa was nominated for creating the music used in the documentary about her cousin, Carlotta LaNier, who is one of the “Little Rock Nine”, the first African American students to racially integrate a public high school in America's south — Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Carlotta experienced and has overcome the kind of violent bigotry that most of us can only barely imagine. Ms. Downing was also Emmy® nominated for creating the musical score for a Documentary (Short Subject) film “Miss America By Day” which was submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar® consideration. Although her compositions are technically impressive, the emotional meaning of each piece remains clear and accessible. Her works might be classified as New Age, but they more accurately belong in a yet unnamed genre that would be a fusion of multiple musical categories.