Patrick Doyle, born on 6 April 1953 in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, is a classically trained composer known for his illustrious career in film, television, and theatre. He graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in 1975 and was later made a Fellow there in 2001. Over his 50-year career, Doyle has composed scores for over 60 feature films and is particularly recognized for his collaborations with actor-director Kenneth Branagh on films such as Henry V, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Thor, Cinderella, and Death on the Nile, among others.

Some of his noteworthy works outside the Branagh collaboration include scoring for Sense and Sensibility, Carlito's Way, Gosford Park, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Brave. His music has reached a global audience of over a billion people, establishing him as a multi-award-winning composer of significant repute.

In 2023, Doyle made headlines by composing music for King Charles's Coronation, reflecting his continuous contributions to significant events and the film industry. His achievements extend to nominations and awards from prestigious bodies, including two Academy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, one BAFTA nomination, and winning the Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme for Henry V. Furthermore, he has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from both The World Soundtrack Awards and Scottish BAFTA, showcasing the broad recognition of his extraordinary achievements in music.

In addition to his musical talents, Doyle also explored acting in the mid-1970s, with roles in the historical sports drama film Chariots of Fire in 1981, and in the romantic comedy film Much Ado About Nothing in 1993, among others. This versatile background showcases a rich and diverse career, marking Patrick Doyle as a remarkable figure in the film and music industry.

Described by Yannick Nézet-Séguin as “a musician who lives the music,” American conductor Conner Gray Covington performs an unusually broad repertory of symphonic, opera, and film repertoire ranging from Classical to the present day. In the 2025–2026 season, Covington debuts with the Boston Pops, Chicago Symphony, Houston Symphony, Las Vegas Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, and Phoenix Symphony. He also makes return visits to the North Carolina Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, and Tucson Symphony. Additionally, Covington returns to the Utah Symphony, where he maintains a close relationship after completing a successful four-year tenure as Associate Conductor and Principal Conductor of the Deer Valley Music Festival.

During his tenure with the Utah Symphony, Conner conducted nearly 300 performances of classical subscription, education, film, pops, and family concerts as well as tours throughout the state and has returned several times each season as a guest conductor since 2021. Other recent guest conducting includes appearances with the Hawai’i Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Tallahassee Symphony, and Vancouver Symphony as well as the Bellingham Festival of Music and the Grand Teton Music Festival. Conner is a five-time recipient of a Career Assistance Award from the Solti Foundation U.S. and was a featured conductor in the Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview presented by the League of American Orchestras.

Conner’s recent concert engagements include Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, Mozart Symphony No. 36 “Linz”, Elgar Serenade for Strings, Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, and Mason Bates Philharmonia Fantastique with the San Diego Symphony; Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade with the Knoxville Symphony; Dvořák Symphony No. 8 and Mozart Exsultate Jubilate with the Tallahassee Symphony; and Richard Strauss Suite from 
Der Rosenkavalier and Brahms Symphony No. 2 with the Amarillo Symphony.

With the Utah Symphony, Conner has conducted the world premiere of Quinn Mason Trombone Concerto, Richard Strauss Don Juan, Barber Symphony No. 1, Debussy La Mer, Haydn Symphonies No. 49 and 88, Dvořák Symphonies No. 6 and No. 8, Beethoven Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 7, Mozart Symphonies No. 36, 39, and 40, and Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 and 4.

Conner’s operatic engagements include Britten’s The Turn of the Screw for the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, The Rape of Lucretia and the world premiere of Rene Orth’s Empty the House at the Curtis Opera Theatre, and Le Nozze di Figaro for his debut with 
Utah Opera.

Born in Louisiana, Covington studied conducting at the Curtis Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music, and the Aspen Music Festival, where his primary teachers included Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Neil Varon, and Robert Spano.

Conner currently lives in Boston with his two cats, Razel and Oreo.

A Stanford graduate and All-American athlete, Brady Beaubien studied cognitive neuroscience before founding Interlace Media, an award-winning motion graphics company. 

As a premiere CG animation studio and creative agency for feature films, Interlace defined the global campaigns of over 100 major Hollywood movies, including the Avatar, X-Men, Rio, Ice Age, and Die Hard franchises. 

In 2013 Beaubien co-founded CineConcerts, a company dedicated to reinventing the experience of theatrical presentation and orchestral music. He currently produces CineConcerts’ full repertoire of film-concert experiences, including Gladiator Live, The Godfather Live, DreamWorks Animation in Concert, Elf in Concert, and the entire Harry Potter Film Concert Series. 

Beaubien helps lead the company’s vision for immersive XR technology and innovative presentations of media, including writing Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage, a live concert experience that celebrates 50 years of iconic material. He also works to ensure that CineConcerts inspires a return to communal entertainment and continues to offer modern audiences and the world’s youth a chance to reconnect with concert halls and local orchestras.

Beaubien is a member of YPO Beverly Hills and is on the board of several companies dedicated to Web3 and frontier technologies.

Beaubien is also accomplished in the world of architectural design, with his projects including Matsuhisa Paris at the Le Royal Monceau-Raffles and The Citrus on Hollywood’s Melrose Avenue, an impassioned commercial structure that represents a commitment to the metropolitan providence of Los Angeles. At The Citrus, advanced technologies merge with wood, glass, and Japanese gardens, in an organic and modernist design. Additionally, Beaubien partnered with world renown sushi chef Nobu Matsuhisa to personally design his new restaurant concept in the picturesque building.

Beaubien lives in Massachusetts and California, with his wife Emmy and their two children, Archer and Channing

CineConcerts continues to work with some of the most prestigious orchestras and venues in the world including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, and more.

CineConcerts is one of the leading producers of live and digital music experiences performed with visual media, and continues to redefine entertainment. Founded by Producer/Conductor Justin Freer and Producer/Writer Brady Beaubien, CineConcerts will engage over 4.8 million people worldwide in concert presentations in over 3,000 scheduled performances in 48 countries through 2025, and recently launched CineConcerts +PLUS - a global digital network and app suite with hundreds of exclusive podcast episodes and produced content.

Recent and current live and digital concert experiences include Elf in Concert, The Pinball Concert (Digital), The Polar Express in Concert, Rudy in Concert, The Passion of the Christ in Concert, The Da Vinci Code in Concert, The Harry Potter Film Concert Series, Gladiator Live, The Godfather Live, It’s a Wonderful Life in Concert, DreamWorks Animation In Concert, Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage 50th Anniversary Concert Tour, Breakfast at Tiffany’s in Concert, and A Christmas 
Dream Live.

Justin Freer
President/Founder/Producer

Brady Beaubien
Co-Founder/Producer

Chief XR Officer / Head of Publicity & Communications
Andrew P. Alderete

Director of Operations
Andrew McIntyre

Senior Marketing Manager
Brittany Fonseca

Senior Social Media Manager
Si Peng

Worldwide Representation
WME

Music Preparation
JoAnn Kane Music Service

Sound Remixing
Justin Moshkevich, Igloo Music Studios

Lee Mills, Music Director
Edvard Tchivzhel, Music Director Emeritus

Concert Hall Series
Saturday performances at 7:30
Sunday at 3:00 pm

Opening Night: Hollywood Retrospective
October 4 & 5

An American in Paris
November 22 & 23

Dvořák’s Cello Concerto
February 7 & 8

Grand Canyon Suite + Rachmaninoff 2
March 14 & 15

West Side Story Symphonic Dances 
+ Fanfare for the Common Man
April 11 & 12

Season Finale: Porgy and Bess
May 16 & 17

Gunter Theatre Series
Peter and the Wolf
November 1 at 3:00 pm
November 2 at 3:00 pm

Dvořák’s American String Quartet
February 14 at 7:30 pm 
February 15 at 3:00 pm

The Last Five Years:
American Music Now
March 28 at 7:30 pm
March 29 at 3:00 pm

Dicey Langston: 
The South Carolina Girl Who Defied an Army
April 25 at 3:00 pm
April 26 at 3:00 pm

Special Concerts
Holiday at Peace
December 12 at 7:00 pm
December 13 at 7:00 pm
December 14 at 2:00 pm
Peace Center

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert
January 10 at 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm 
January 11 at 2:00 
Peace Center

Chamber Music Series
American Echoes: from Apollo to Bluegrass
September 23 at 5:30 pm, Warehouse Theatre
September 24 at 7:00 pm, Hotel Hartness

Rhythms of the Night: A Tango Affair
February 24 at 5:30 pm, Centre Stage

Details and tickets available at greenvillesymphony.org