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Berklee-trained arranger
and conductor
Brent Havens
has written music for
orchestras, feature
films and virtually
every kind of television.
His TV work
includes movies for
networks such as
ABC, CBS and ABC
Family Channel Network,
commercials,
sports music for networks such as ESPN and even
cartoons. Havens has also worked with the Doobie
Brothers and the Milwaukee Symphony, arranging
and conducting the combined group for Harley Davidson’s
100th Anniversary Birthday Party Finale
attended by over 150,000 fans. He has worked with
some of the world’s greatest orchestras including
the Royal Philharmonic in London, Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh
Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra,
Houston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore
Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony,
Nashville Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic and
countless others. Havens has conducted the Malaysian
Philharmonic with the Music of Michael Jackson,
Led Zeppelin, Queen and U2 shows.
Havens completed the score for the film Quo Vadis,
a Premier Pictures remake of the 1956 gladiator
film. In 2013 he worked with the Baltimore Symphony
and the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens to arrange
and produce the music for the Thanksgiving Day
halftime show between the Ravens and Pittsburgh
Steelers, adapting both classical music and rock
songs into a single four-minute show. Havens is arranger
and guest conductor for fourteen symphonic
rock programs. He also premiered a full orchestral
show for Lou Gramm, The Voice of Foreigner, with
Lou singing out front.
Tony Vincent grew
up in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, where
he was exposed to
the music of The
Beatles and The
Rolling Stones. In
his early teens, he
began writing songs
heavily influenced by
Depeche Mode, New
Order and Tears for
Fears.
While attending university in Nashville, Tennessee,
Vincent started a makeshift record company out of
his dorm room and recorded a five-song EP, which
led to a recording contract with EMI records and two
solo albums (Tony Vincent, One Deed).
After moving to New York City, Vincent joined the
cast of RENT as part of the first national tour and
then on Broadway. He was featured as Simon Zealotes
in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s remake of the film
Jesus Christ Superstar, and when the production
was revived on Broadway, Vincent earned critical acclaim
as Judas Iscariot. In 2002, Vincent originated
the role of Galileo Figaro in the rock band Queen’s
smash hit We Will Rock You in London’s West End.
He also fronted the band itself on several occasions,
including a performance of Bohemian Rhapsody at
Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee concert.
In 2008, Vincent released the EP A Better Way, and
in 2009, he returned to Broadway, originating the
role of St. Jimmy in Green Day’s American Idiot. He
is best known for his appearance on the second
season of NBC’s reality singing competition, The
Voice. He recently released his studio project, In My
Head, and he continues to write and produce as a
solo artist, producer for other artists and under the
band moniker Mercer.
BRENT HAVENS
Guest Conductor
TONY VINCENT
Vocalist