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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.
Brody Dolyniuk remembers
mimicking
voices even as
a child, listening
to old records and
tapes. He is a gifted,
self-taught musician,
capable of playing
several instruments,
with a particular
knack for capturing
the voices and mannerisms
of classic
characters from music,
TV, and movies.
His first professional gigs were at piano bars in several
United States cities, where he learned to charm
audiences and expand his musical repertoire. With
a longing to perform the music of the many rock
bands that inspired him, Brody assembled Yellow
Brick Road, unquestionably Las Vegas’ most
successful classic rock band. Since 1997, YBR has
been reshaping the casino entertainment scene by
bringing a rock concert atmosphere to showrooms
previously reserved for Top-40-style lounge acts.
Along the way, Brody has made numerous radio
and TV appearances, earned a spot in the finals of
two national singing competitions, and even selfproduced
several large rock production-style shows
utilizing multimedia, lasers, comedy and special effects.
In 2007, he lent his vocal talents by singing
several tracks on the mega-hit video game Guitar
Hero III: Legends of Rock, and he has done several
more for the Konami game, Rock Revolution.
Dolyniuk joined Windborne Music in 2009 as vocalist
for the Music of Queen show and has proven to
be versatile enough to become the lead on the Rolling
Stones, The Who, U2, Journey, and Elton John
shows. As a devout classic rock fan, his enthusiasm,
vocal ability and on-stage energy are the perfect fit
for Windborne Music’s Symphony shows and continue
to win over audiences around the globe.
BRENT HAVENS
Guest Conductor
BRODY DOLYNIUK
Vocalist