WINDBORNE - Key Persons
Adam Irizarry (also known as singer/songwriter Adam Michaelson) is a pianist, singer, songwriter, and composer originally from The Bronx in New York City. Adam began playing piano at the age of 2, and was fortunate to have parents who encouraged and nurtured his talent, putting him in formal music school at the age of 5. Though he began his studies in classical music, his penchant for improvisation soon led him to jazz music. Already an accomplished pianist by his teens, Adam met a game changing mentor when he came under the tutelage of revolutionary pianist, Kenny Werner, with whom he studied for many years. As a singer/songwriter, Adam went in the direction of rock with his original music, performing at all the well known clubs in New York.
After graduating from Manhattan School of Music, where he studied piano and voice, Adam appeared on Broadway in the lead role of "The Piano Man", in the hit Billy Joel Broadway musical, "Movin' Out", while he was an understudy for the role. A few years later, Adam played the roll of Burt Bacharach in the Shirelles musical, "Baby It's You", at the Pasadena Playhouse, where in addition to starring in the show, Adam was also the musical director and arranger.
Now a resident of Los Angeles, Adam tours and performs all over the world as a singer, songwriter, and pianist. In 2016, Adam joined the Windborne Music team, and he finds these shows to be some of the most rewarding and fun experiences he's ever had touring and performing. When not on tour with Windborne, Adam is at home in Los Angeles writing and performing his songs, and composing original music for TV and Film.
Adam's songs can be heard here- http://www.adammichaelson.com
Bart Kuebler has been playing piano since age five. Over the years he has performed a wide variety of music with an eclectic mix of ensembles including the Tokyo Symphony, the Virginia Symphony, the Gene Krupa Orchestra, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, the Benny Goodman Band and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. Bart has also toured and performed with numerous Filipino artists in the U.S., including Pops Fernandez, Piolo Pascual, Ariel Rivera, and Carol Banawa. Bart also finds time to play in pit bands for regional productions and national tours of Broadway shows, and holds recording and production credits for a number of projects in both the U.S. and South Korea.
Bart is also a gentleman, in that he owns an accordion but chooses not to play it!
What equipment/instruments do you use?
"For The Music of Queen show, I've been experimenting with different rigs; I don't need the variety of sounds that I've used on other projects, so I'm trying to find a simple, consistent set-up. I think I've settled on a Macbook Pro running Logic Studio with Mainstage, using a Yamaha S90ES as a controller."
Who are some of your musical influences?
"As a young kid, I listened to a lot of Mozart and Bach; when I was about 9 or 10, I broke into my dad's record collection and listened to an Oscar Peterson record, and spent the next ten years listening to jazz and Van Halen. Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, U2- too many to name!"
Dan Clemens has been playing bass since the age of 13. A 1989 graduate of Berklee College of Music, he has performed in bands throughout the United States. In 1993 he formed "Waterworks" which received the Budweiser Best Unsigned Band sponsorship for the next two years.
Clemens has also recorded Radio and Television jingles along with independent music CD's. He has toured with the Virginia Opera and performed with the Virginia Symphony and Chorus. His bands have opened up for various musical acts including Fleetwood Mac, Little Feet, Del Amitri , The Romantics, and The Hooters. Clemens has also performed with Elliot Easton of The Cars and Robbie Krieger of The Doors. A bass player with Windborne Music since it's beginning he has played with orchestras all over the world in cities such as Atlanta, Denver, Detroit, Toronto, Los Angeles, and Kuala Lumpur.
Danny Miranda was born in Brooklyn New York and moved to Long Island when he was two and lived there ever since. Long Island was where he began is love affair with music and where he began rehearing and performing with friends.
Joe Morello, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Dennis Chambers, and Liberty DeVitto are a few of my favorite drummers, while other musicians such as Arturo Sanduval, Michel Camilo, John Patitucci, Maceo Parker, and Joe Sample are also on the top of my list!
Justin Avery was born in Traverse City, Michigan where he grew up watching music in his Dad's nightclub Dill's Olde Town Saloon. He was exposed to all kinds of music in the nightclub, rock, blues, R&B, jazz etc. Along with being a club owner, his dad played guitar, sang and put together extravagant shows. His mother was also a prolific artist & painter. Justin was brought up with music and always had an affinity for performing, writing and recording music.
Justin has performed with artists Sheila E., Katy Perry, The Emotions, Billy Ray Cyrus, Terrence Howard (actor, "Iron Man"), Naturi Naughton (actor/singer, "FAME"), Kenna, Lea Michelle ("Glee") and MEAT LOAF. Justin was also an arranger for the last two seasons of AMERICAN IDOL (2019-2020). You can also catch him performing with Symphony Orchestras across United States and Canada as the main keyboard player for Windborne Music.
JUSTIN MATTHEW SARGENT is a singer and actor who has starred on Broadway as "Peter Parker" in Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark (Music by Bono and The Edge), "Drew" in the mega hit rock musical in Rock of Ages, and was in the Original Broadway Cast of Bonnie and Clyde.
Born in Murphysboro Illinois, and raised in Florida, Justin has been performing since High School. Since he graduated he has been lucky enough to make a living doing what he loves. He has performed along side music legends like John Legend, Alice Cooper, Sara Bareilles, Dee Snider, Kip Winger, Graham Russell, and has been a guest singer with the band Air Supply. Justin has toured the country singing everything from Queen to Andrew Lloyd Webber. His TV/FILM appearances include "Jesus Christ Superstar: Live" on NBC, "Law & Order: SVU", "Mr. Robot", "Delocated", "Royal Pains", and more!
Justin is incredibly excited to join the Windborne Music roster, and humbled to perform some of the best music ever written with some of the world's best musicians. Thanks to Mom and Dad for nurturing my love for music, and to my wife Céline for always supporting the foolish dreams of an artist.
Kevin Moore has been playing the piano since the age of 6. A 1978 music composition graduate of Berklee College of Music, and a student of Charlie Banacos, Kevin's musical travels have taken him to over 60 countries, including extended stays in Japan. He has played a variety of musical styles while living in Boston, New York City, and also during some extensive cruise ship work. When he is not performing with the Music of the Doors, you might see him back home in Pittsburgh playing as many jazz and salsa gigs as possible.
Martin Herman has appeared as guest conductor with symphony orchestras in North America, Europe, Australia, and Canada. His most recent engagements include the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra with Windborne's "Music of the Rolling Stones" and "Music of the Eagles." He recently guest-conducted Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal and continues as music director and arranger for "Classical Mystery Tour" in recent performances with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the Sydney Opera House, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Florida Orchestra. Martin also served as music director and conductor with Downtown Opera in Long Beach, California, conducting premieres of new operas in the U.S. and the Czech Republic. In the fall of 2009, he was conductor and music director at LaMaMa Theatre in New York City where he led performances of his one-act opera, The Doctor, based on Chekhov short stories. He has served as assistant conductor with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and conductor of the Berkeley Young Musicians Program Orchestra and U.C. Berkeley Summer Orchestra. Additionally Mr. Herman has conducted several orchestra crossover projects in Amsterdam and Berlin.
Mr. Herman studied conducting and composition at Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of California, Berkeley and spent two years in Paris, France on a Fulbright Grant and U.C. Berkeley Ladd Prix de Paris where he worked as conductor and composer with the "New American Music in Europe" and "American Music Week" festivals. He has received recognition for his work in the promotion of international cultural exchange from the Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York City.
Mick Adams' incredible voice, range and power speak for themselves. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Mick began singing at three years old. By the age of eight, he was the only child singing with the local adult church choir. While in high school, he studied voice under Elizabeth Graham and was a featured soloist in the high school choir. Mick continued his vocal education studying voice under Ben Bollinger whose other notable students included Karen and Richard Carpenter.
Not only is Mick Adams a ringer for Mick Jagger, he brings Mick Jagger's intense energy to each performance. As a former lead vocalist for Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, where he performed for Dick Clark, Mick has toured the country with the likes of Tommy James, The Turtles, The Monkees, The Association, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Buckinghams, Herman's Hermits, Ron Dante, the Rascals and more. Other notables that Mick has performed with include Spencer Davis, Rick Springfield, Johnny Rivers, Neil Sedaka, America, and rock and roll hall-of-famer Sam Moore.
Mick has recorded with Mark Kendall of Great White as well as Ronnie James Dio's guitarist, Tracy G, and has done voice over work for MADD TV. He has also performed on various telethons, including Betty White's pet telethon, Jerry Lewis' MS telethon and many others. Mick's band, Mick Adams and The Stones, has performed for everyone from Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell, Leslie Bibb, David Spade, Amy Adams, Flava Flav, Jack McBrayer, Judd Apatow, as well as Mark Cuban. They have been featured on National television multiple times, toured Internationally, and have appeared on and recorded for AXS televisions, The World's Greatest Tribute Bands. They have also been named one of the top ten tributes in the world by Backstage 360 magazine. Mick is endorsed by Mark Cuban, Ryan Seacrest and former President of Atlantic Records, Jerry Greenberg, who signed The Rolling Stones.
Randy Jackson is the lead singer/guitarist for the rock band Zebra. Randy's first foray into recording success began with the self-titled Zebra debut album, released on Atlantic Records in 1983. Critically acclaimed for its lush rock sounds, due in large part to Jackson's searing lead vocals and soaring guitar leads, the album sold 75,000 copies the first week. "Who's Behind The Door" and "Tell Me What You Want", written by Jackson, received serious notice in the press, and helped to form legions of Zebra fans almost instantly. The latest Zebra release, "Zebra IV", was also produced and engineered by Jackson.
Randy toured as keyboardist, guitarist and backing vocalist in 1989 with the original, reunited Jefferson Airplane, their last tour together. He has also worked extensively in the area of musical software and hardware development.
Richard Carsey is a conductor, pianist, and actor. He is a Conductor for the longest-running musical in history, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA on Broadway, as well as the current revival of CAROUSEL featuring Joshua Henry, Jessie Mueller, and Renee Fleming. National tours include Cameron Mackintosh's new production of PHANTOM, and the revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES with George Hamilton. Also on Broadway, he was Music Supervisor of THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES starring Ben Stiller and Edie Falco, and Musical Director for Joshua Schmidt's musical A MINISTER'S WIFE at Lincoln Center Theater.
Internationally, he has performed as pianist and conductor in such exotic locales as Lima, Athens, Barcelona, Islamabad, and Kuwait. Richard enjoyed a long association with the Skylight Opera Theatre in Milwaukee, WI as Principal Conductor, and for nine seasons was Artistic Director. Highlights include the world premiere and television broadcast of Richard Wargo's opera BALLYMORE; a PBS broadcast of THE MIKADO; and the world premiere of the opera THE RIVALS by Kirke Mechem. He has provided musical direction for regional productions throughout the U.S. including the Marriott Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Florida State Opera, and the Guthrie in Minneapolis.
He has been guest conductor with the symphony orchestras of Rochester (NY), Kansas City, Indianapolis, Hartford, Sacramento, and St. Louis, among others. As an actor he has appeared in over 400 performances of the play 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS at regional theaters including Dallas Theater Center, Actor's Theater of Louisville, The Globe (Saskatchewan), Laguna Beach Playhouse, and Hartford Stage (Connecticut Critic's Circle Award). Other acting highlights include THE BOYS IN THE BAND (Harold); TWELFTH NIGHT (Malvolio); SOUVENIR (Cosme) and OLD WICKED SONGS (Mashkin).
In 2019, he will assume the position of Conductor and Music Director for DISNEY ON CLASSIC, an annual tour with eight singers and The Orchestra Japan, presenting more than 60 concerts in Tokyo, Okinawa, Osaka, and other locations throughout Japan.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Acclaimed Led Zeppelin
Steve is currently a member of the acclaimed Led Zeppelin tribute band, "Zeppelin USA" with fellow Windborne artist, singer Brody Dolyniuk, as well as the touring Laser Spectacular shows, "Shine On" (the music of Pink Floyd) and "British Rock Royalty" (the music of Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen and Led Zeppelin).
Tony Vincent grew up in the small town of Albuquerque, NM, where from a young age he was exposed to the music of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. In his early teens Vincent began writing songs heavily influenced by Depeche Mode, New Order and Tears for Fears.
While attending university (Nashville, TN), 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. The two solo albums (Tony Vincent, One Deed) followed producing six #1 Billboard radio singles.
Shortly after moving to NYC in 1997 to continue his recording career, Vincent took an unexpected detour into the world of rock-based theater, joining the cast of RENT, initially as part of the first national tour, then making his Broadway debut in the New York production in 1999. He was featured as Simon Zealotes in Andrew Lloyd Webber's remake of the film Jesus Christ Superstar (2000), and when the production was revived on Broadway that same year Vincent earned critical acclaim starring 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 for a live audience of over 1 million people surrounding Buckingham Palace and over 200 million television viewers world-wide. Two years later he was invited to Las Vegas to open the North American premier of We Will Rock You (2004-2005).
During this time Vincent continued to write, and in 2008 independently released the EP A Better Way, produced by Adam Anders. In the fall of 2009, he returned to Broadway, originating the role of St. Jimmy in Green Day's American Idiot. Vincent is best known for his appearance on the second season of NBC's reality singing competition, The Voice. While on the show, Vincent was selected to be on "Team Cee Lo," and made a lasting impression on fans worldwide with his final performance of The Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams." After 10 long months of writing, recording and producing, Vincent released his highly anticipated studio project, In My Head, through iTunes and cdbaby on July 10th, 2012. Tony Vincent continues to write and produce for future projects, both as a solo artist, as a producer for other artists and under the band moniker Mercer.