The Music of the Rolling Stones

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.

He reprised the role of ‘Galileo’ for the 10th Anniversary World Arena Tour of WE WILL ROCK YOU and as one of the TENORS OF ROCK at their resident headline show in Las Vegas and on the high seas. MiG also sailed with ROCK RHAPSODY, as well as headlining his own one man show MiG ROCKS THE BOAT.

In the Philippines, MiG played ‘Robert Kincaid’ in the first international production of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY and starred with Lea Salonga and Tanya Manalang for the major concert event CURTAINS UP, as well as his own concert celebrating Shangri-la’s 25th Anniversary, and most recently originated the role of ‘Jamie Crimson’ in the World Premiere Production of ALL OUT OF LOVE.

MiG starred as ‘Joe King’ in the TV series THE FERALS. His other TV credits include FIL IT UP, MISSION: TOP SECRET, HITS AND MEMORIES, THE MIDDAY SHOW, IMT, CAROLS IN THE DOMAIN, IT’S ABOUT TIME, CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT, PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS, VIDIOT, GOOD MORNING AUSTRALIA and HEY HEY IT’S SATURDAY as well as various commercials including a global campaign for RAY BAN.

MiG’s film credits include QUEEN OF THE DAMNED and SUBTERANO. A finalist in the global hit TV show ROCKSTAR:INXS, MiG released his self-titled debut album, through Decca/Universal and was an original cast member of HANDEL’S MESSIAH ROCKS: A JOYFUL NOISE. As well as releasing his 2nd album MORE THAN EVER, MiG has also penned theme songs for various TV shows as well as writing FILL MY CUP for FWD, along with his own fund raising awareness campaign for the victims of Philippine floods with UNITED AS ONE.

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, England, the Malaysian Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony, the Nashville Symphony, Orchestra of Opera North in Leeds, England and countless others.

Havens recently 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/Guest Conductor for all of the symphonic rock programs for Windborne Music.