American Excursions Trio

Agent: Daren Fuster
Territory: Worldwide

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Maxwell’s Silver Hammer - Paul McCartney

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Brandon Ridenour is a groundbreaking trumpet soloist, collaborative artist, composer, arranger, and conductor, from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Upon graduating from the Juilliard School at the age of 20, Bandon began touring with the Canadian Brass and embarked on a solo career. Brandon has won competitions including the International Trumpet Guild Solo Competition, the American Composers Forum, and the Concert Artist Guild competition (first trumpeter to win the competition in 30 years). Emphasizing the role of performer-composer, he assembled a mixed quintet of similar minded musicians in 2014 with violinist/singer, Ben Russell, called Founders. In 2023 he started Brassology with co-founder and jazz trombone virtuoso, Marshall Gilkes.

Brandon has worked with Sting, James Taylor, Marvin Hamlisch, Yo-Yo Ma, Esperanza Spalding, Bruce Cockburn, Caroline Shaw, Vienna Teng, and ensembles including New York Philharmonic, International Contemporary Ensemble, the Knights, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, among others. He’s been a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, frequently performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In 2023, Brandon came full circle joining the American Brass Quintet and becoming faculty at his alma mater The Juilliard School of Music. He is also on faculty at The New School (Mannes) and the Manhattan School of Music, where he is passionate about developing a new model of education for a well-rounded, progressive musician of the future.

Mark Dover, clarinet

Grammy® Award-winning clarinetist Mark Dover is a man of many horns, maintaining firm roots in classical music while ever-expanding into the vast world of improvised music. Since 2016 hehas served as the clarinetist of Imani Winds, and has appeared as a soloist with the Atlanta, Baltimore, and Albany Symphonies, and the American Composers Orchestra. Most recently, Mark was awarded a Grammy as a player and producer for “Best Classical Compendium” at the 2024 Grammy Awards for Imani Wind’s latest release, “Passion for Bach and Coltrane.” His debut album with Imani Winds, “Bruits,” was nominated for Best Chamber Music/Small EnsemblePerformance at the 2022 Grammy Awards. In 2023 Mark also joined the chamber ensemble yMusic. 2023 highlights include appearances at Carnegie Hall Presents with both Imani Winds and yMusic, NPR’s tiny desk with yMusic, La Jolla Music Society. Mark has performed throughout the United States and abroad, at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, the Kennedy Center, and the Elbphilharmonie. In addition to performing with Imani Winds, Mark is the clarinetist with Manhattan Chamber Players. He has performed with the Detroit Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Knights, Nu Deco Ensemble, and has performed at the Mostly Mozart Festival, Spoleto, Chamber Music Northwest, among others. Mark joined the chamber music faculty at Curtis Institute of Music in 2021. He is on the clarinet faculty at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, and Queens College, CUNY.

Ahmed Alom (b. 1998) is a pianist, composer, and conductor whose artistry bridges classical and popular traditions, earning him recognition as “one of the most versatile artists in the Western Hemisphere” (Diario de Mallorca). His unique voice blends the rigor and structure of classical training with the rhythmic and harmonic richness of his Cuban heritage, forging connections between the past and the music of today.

Alom’s compositions have been performed by world-renowned musicians, including Yuja Wang, who premiered his Displaced Etude No. 1 at the New York Philharmonic. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, New World Symphony, Orquesta Filarmónica de México, and Britt Festival Orchestra.

Deeply engaged in collaboration, Alom works across genres with leading artists such as Michael League, Antonio Sánchez, Teddy Abrams, Steve Hackman, Miguel Zenón, Mark Dover, Brandon Ridenour and Pedrito Martinez. His debut album, Exilio (2023), explored themes of displacement through the works of six Hispanic composers, including the first complete recording of Luis A. Calvo’s Four Intermezzos. His chamber trio, Triple Cortado—with Caleb Hudson and Achilles Liarmakopoulos—blends classical virtuosity with new contemporary works, while his duo CrossCurrents with Pedrito Martinez navigates the intersection of Afro-Cuban music and European classical traditions.

Born in Cuba, Alom trained in both piano and percussion before earning his Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music under Dr. Solomon Mikowsky. He continues his studies in conducting and composition with Dr. Ford Lallerstedt while actively expanding his artistic collaborations worldwide.

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