Brandon Ridenour, a groundbreaking trumpet soloist, collaborative artist, composer, arranger, and conductor, gained acclaim for his innovative approach at an early age. Recognized as “heralding the trumpet of the future” (Chicago Sun-Times) and for his “full-bodied, atmospheric arrangements” (New York Times), he began learning about the wonders of music at age 5, studying piano under the tutelage of his father. This morphed into “tootelage” when he picked up the trumpet in 5th grade band class in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Upon graduating from the Juilliard School, he immediately began touring with the Canadian Brass and embarked on a solo career.

Brandon has won competitions ranging from the International Trumpet Guild Solo Competition to the American Composers Forum. In 2014, he was a winner of the Concert Artist Guild competition, becoming the first trumpeter to win the competition in 30 years and join their artist roster. 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. His solo-collaborative album "Come Together" transformed Beatles classics into an initiative for social cohesion and environmental consciousness. Through inventive arrangements, Ridenour has expanded the trumpet's horizons, weaving genres in solo and collaborative works.

He has worked with a diverse array of musicians including Sting, James Taylor, Marvin Hamlisch, Yo-Yo Ma, Esperanza Spalding, Bruce Cockburn, Caroline Shaw, Vienna Teng, and esteemed ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic, International Contemporary Ensemble, the Knights, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Ymusic, Publiquartet, NuDeco Ensemble
and many others. He’s been a featured soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony and more. He also frequently plays 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. Aside from music, Brandon enjoys playing tennis and has taken courses at Upright Citizen’s Brigade in NYC. He isn’t very good at either.

Eliot Goldmund (né Euntaek Kim) is a New York-based American pianist, composer, and conductor, whose musical prowess has been lauded as “nimble” and “colorful” (Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times) and a “real pianistic talent.” (Roy Westbrook, MusicWeb International)

Native of Incheon, South Korea, Eliot moved to the U.S. at the age of 13, after sweeping all of the major piano competitions in his native country. Eliot went on to become prizewinner and participant in numerous competitions, including The 2007 Queen Elisabeth Competition, The 4th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, The 2001 Oberlin International Piano Competition, and The Center for Musical Excellence Grant. Eliot was also the main feature of the 2005 PBS documentary, titled “Euntaek Kim and Performance of Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy."

Eliot received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from The Juilliard School where he studied under Jerome Lowenthal. Upon the admission to The Juilliard School at the age of 16, Eliot was awarded the “Presidential Distinction,” awarded to the candidate with the highest ranking. He went on to complete his Artist Diploma on a full scholarship at Yale University under the tutelage of Boris Berman. Eliot also studied privately under the legendary Chinese pianist Yin Chengzong and was coached by Samuel Adler, Audrey Axinn, Ronald Copes, John Corigliano, Mario Davidovsky, Ilya Itin, Joseph Kalichstein, Joel Krosnick, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Seymour Lipkin, Robert McDonald, Charles Neidich, Matti Raekallio, and Mark Steinberg.

As a concert pianist, Eliot has made solo appearances in venues across the globe, including Belgium, Canada, China, Italy, South Korea, and the United States.As an avid chamber musician, Eliot has collaborated with members of Aeolus, Calidore, Enso, Escher, Parker, and Ying quartets. Eliot’s collaborations with Heartbeat Opera and Cantata Profana, based in New York City, in their modernized renditions of Beethoven’s "Fidelio" in May 2018 and Samuel Barber's "Vanessa" in July 2025 and May 2026 was praised by The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Eliot’s tantalizing appearances in June 2018 at the catacomb of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY, as a part of the world premiere of David Hertzberg’s new chamber opera The Rose Elf, were lauded by WQXR as “the best opera event of 2018.” Eliot’s exquisite performances can be heard in his debut solo album, “Debut - CME Presents Vol. 3: Russian Piano” under the MSR Classics label, as well as in “Hertzberg: The Rose Elf” (under Meyer Media LLC) and “The Wake World” (under Tzadik label).A

s a conductor, Eliot has worked on opera productions such as Cracked Orlando, dramma per musica e fractal by Jonathan Dawe (2010), and NY-based Heartbeat Opera’s production of Fidelio! (2018). He was mentored by Michael Gilbert, Benjamin Loeb, Jeffrey Milarsky, Otto-Werner Mueller, and Carl St. Clair.

Gabriel Campos Zamora, a native of San José, Costa Rica is the Principal Clarinet of the Minnesota Orchestra. Before joining the orchestra, Gabriel was the Associate Principal Clarinet of the Kansas City Symphony and has appeared as guest Principal Clarinet with the Cleveland Orchestra and Seattle and Houston Symphonies, in addition to serving as the Virginia Symphony's Principal Clarinet. 

A passionate teacher, Gabriel has served as a clarinet instructor at Saint Olaf College and has taught masterclasses extensively throughout the United States at the Indiana, Minnesota, and Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, DePaul Universities, and the Interlochen Arts Academy, among others. He has also been on faculty at the Interlochen Arts Camp and Carnegie Hall's NYO2 Program. 

Gabriel regularly participates at the VIVO Chamber Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio; the Lakes Area Music Festival; and has performed at the Marlboro Music Festival. A laureate of several competitions, he received first prize at the 2008 Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental Competition, in addition to winning concerto competitions at the 2009 Aspen Music Festival, 2010 Music Academy of the West, and 2011 National Repertory Orchestra. 

Gabriel began his musical training at the Instituto Nacional de Musica as a student of Jose Manuel "Cheche" Ugalde. He then came to the United States to study at the Interlochen Arts Academy with Nathan Williams and later received his bachelor's degree in music from the Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles, where he studied with renowned professor Yehuda Gilad. He has been a participant at the Aspen, Music Academy of the West, National Repertory Orchestra, Spoleto, and the Tanglewood Music Center festivals.

John Stulz is a member of the Paris-based new music group Ensemble Intercontemporain and co-artistic director of VIVO Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio. Recent career highlights include a recording of György Ligeti's Viola Sonata as part of the Ensemble Intercontemporain's critically acclaimed double disk honoring the centenary of the composer, performances at Paris Fashion Week and the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, as well as the publication of his 20 Études for solo viola by Éditions Henry Lemoine. In addition to an international performing career, John is an active and devoted pedagogue, having served as professor of Viola at the Conservatoire national supérieur in Lyon since 2021. He has taught around the world at institutions like the Tokyo College of Music, the Conservatorio di Milano "Giuseppe Verdi", Fondazione Stauffer in Cremona, the Écoles d'Art Américaines de Fontainebleau, the Juilliard School, the 2026 International Viola Congress and Academy Ravel. 

Siwoo Kim is an “incisive” and “compelling” (The New York Times) violinist who plays with “stylistic sensitivity and generous tonal nuance” (Chicago Tribune). Siwoo performs as soloist and chamber musician, and he is the co-founding artistic director of VIVO Music Festival in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.

As soloist, Siwoo gave the world premiere performance of Samuel Adler’s violin concerto which was written for him. His recording of the work on Linn Records was praised by the BBC Music Magazine for its “notable fire & impassioned playing.” Siwoo made his Carnegie Hall concerto debut with the Juilliard Orchestra and has since performed with orchestras around the world such as the Staatsorchester Brandenburgisches Frankfurt, Houston Symphony, Johannesburg Philharmonic, Orchestre Royal de Chambre, and Seongnam Philharmonic.

As chamber musician, Siwoo regularly collaborates with Concordia Chamber Players, Music From Copland House and the Manhattan Chamber Players. Siwoo’s engagements with Quartet Senza Misura, Ensemble DITTO, Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect and Decoda have led to international debuts and residencies. Highlights include summers at Marlboro Music Festival, Kennedy Center debut, serving as faculty at Stellenbosch Music Festival and collaborating with veteran artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Joyce DiDonato, and Susan Graham. 

Siwoo received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from The Juilliard School where he studied under Robert Mann and Donald Weilerstein with full scholarship.

Alicia Hui, currently Principal Second Violin of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, began her musical studies at the age of four and made her orchestral debut at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, Maryland at age nine. Since then, she has soloed with numerous orchestras including the Arlington Symphony, Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra, the Edmonton Symphony, the Firelands Symphony Orchestra, the Nationals Repertory Orchestra, the Zurich Symphony Orchestra, the Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.  

Ms. Hui was accepted into the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia at age 11 where she studies with Victor Danchenko and received her Bachelor’s Degree at sixteen. She received her Master’s Degree, Artist Diploma, and Professional Studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of David Cerone, Paul Kantor, and William Preucil. In addition to her current position, Ms. Hui is also a member of the Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble and a regular performer and Development Director of the Vivo Music Festival.

Cellist Alice Yoo has warmly been hailed for her sensitive musicianship, expressive nuance, and passionate commitment to chamber music and teaching. Yoo is the Co-Artistic director of the Denver Chamber Music Festival; the festival features the world’s most celebrated chamber musicians in world-class chamber music summer concerts all around the city. Festival appearances include the Marlboro/Musicians from Marlboro Tours, Ravinia, Yellow Barn, Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, VIVO, Olympic, IMS Prussia Cove, and Moab Music Festivals. A sought after chamber musician, Yoo has collaborated with artists such as James Ehnes, Itzhak Perlman, Mitsuko Uchida, Kim Kashkashian, Midori Goto, Jonathan Biss, and members of the Cleveland, Guarneri, Takács, and Juilliard Quartets. She has worked closely with composers Sophia Gubaidulina, Jennifer Higdon, Andy Akiho, Samuel Carl Adams, and Tessa Lark. Previous teaching positions include cello and chamber music faculty at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music, Bard Conservatory’s Preparatory Division, and guest cello professor at Colorado State University and CU-Boulder College of Music. Yoo is currently on the string faculty of the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Northern Lights Chamber Music Institute, and Boulder Cello Festival. She is a member of the celebrated Colorado Cello Quartet. Yoo holds degrees from New England Conservatory, Royal Northern College of Music, and University of Southern California. She currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin, and plays on a cello made for her in 2018 by Ryan Soltis.