Berklee-trained arranger/conductor Brent Havens has written music for orchestras, feature films and virtually every kind of television. His TV work includes movies for ABC, CBS and ABC Family Channel Network, commercials, sports music for ESPN and even cartoons.
Havens worked with the Doobie Brothers and the Milwaukee Symphony, arranging and conducting the combined group for Harley Davidson’s 100th Anniversary Birthday Party Finale, which was attended by more than 150,000 fans. He has worked with some of the world’s greatest orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic and the BBC Concert Orchestra in London, the CBSO in Birmingham (UK), the Malaysian Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Dallas Symphony and others.
Havens composed 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. He is arranger/guest conductor for all of the symphonic rock programs for Windborne Music.