Chris Brooker
Chris (a native Londoner) has over 37 years professional experience as Musical Director, drummer, percussionist, pianist, singer and actor, performing in 5 different West-End shows in London as well as in countless touring shows around the world.
He’s worked as Musical Director with Irene Cara (Fame & Flashdance hits), Luke Goss (Bros), The Pasadenas, Edwin Starr & Sinitta then joined “Killer Queen” as drummer in 1995, still the biggest and most successful Queen tribute band in the world!
In 1997 Chris joined “The Flying Pickets” acapella band as bass singer/vocal percussionist, with their worldwide number one hit “Only You” in 1983.
Hendrik Deneir
At four years old Hendrik started experimenting on his grandfather’s organ. At eight years old he started taking classical piano lessons at the music academy of Roeselare. He then took lessons with Filip Vanhuyse for 9 years. He continued his studies at the Conservatory of Ghent (KASK) with Vitaly Samoshko and then with Susanne De Neve at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven to obtain his Masters Diploma in classical piano.
Hendrik currently teaches classical piano at the Academy of Ypres and plays in various other bands. He has been the regular accompanist of choir Vox Musica from Roeselare for 12 years.
Tatiana De Nil
At six years old Tatiana started studying piano at the Music Academy in Aalst. This set the tone for her further musical career after graduating with distinction.
She released two CD’s under stage name “TatYana Storm” and came third in the television contest “Zo Is Er Maar Eén”. She’s performed duets with Günther Neefs, Gene Thomas, Roel Vanderstukken and Bart Herman and was a presenter on ANNE and MENT TV.
Under stage name “Tyana” her most popular music video been viewed more than 75,000 times on YouTube. She’s also performed in major TV shows and on live stages all over Belgium.
Bjorn Ampe
At seven years old Bjorn started playing clarinet, quickly followed by guitar and percussion, but his greatest passion soon became singing and guitar.
After forming his first rock band at thirteen, his music interests expanded to all genres of pop music and from 2005 to 2014 he founded the bands “Vertical Delight” and “Vintage Road” combining his own songs with covers.
In 2016 he made it to the 6 finalists of “Koen zoekt Chris”, following the “Radio 2 Summer Hit”.
Björn has peformed with Gunther Neefs, Barbara Dex, Paul Michiels, Will Tura and is also active in many other bands!
Ruth Verhelst
Ruth, a renowned bass player and backing vocalist, has recorded and toured with Novastar, Daan, Praga Kahn, Ellen Foley, Francis Goya, Freddy Sunder, Marijn Devalck, Garland Jeffrey’s, Marcel De Groot, Bronski and various jazz/pop and funk ensembles.
She’s sung backing vocals for Mariah Carey at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp and performed for “Luxembourg” at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Ruth has performed three times at Rock Werchter, twice with Novastar and once with Daan, for an audience of more than 100,000 people.
Ruth also performs stylish piano gigs for Club Med and various cruises around the world under the name Liss Norman.
Elias Prieels
Elias started playing classical guitar at the age of eight. When he touched his first electric guitar at aged eleven, he knew immediately he wanted to become a professional guitarist. At the age of 18 he studied pop guitar at MUDA for 2 years before being admitted to the Conservatory of Ghent in 2018. He completed his Masters Diploma in 2023 and was immediately hired by PRS Guitars to become a PRS Pulse Artist endorser.
Elias plays guitar with several well-known artists, including Gene Thomas, Udo, Barbara Dex, Danny Dorland, and also plays in several other bands.