Hailed for his “inspiring energy, clear musical conviction, and warm lyrical tone” (International Trombone Association Journal), Josh Bynum keeps an active schedule balancing roles as educator, soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral trombonist. In addition to serving as Professor of Trombone at the University of Georgia, a position he has held since 2010, Josh spends his summer as Trombone artist faculty for the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and is an artist & clinician for the Edwards Instrument Company.

Josh performs regularly as a first-call substitute with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, including the entire 2015 season. With the ASO, he appears on two commercial recordings featuring the music of Jonathan Leshnoff and Christopher Theofanidis. Bynum is also a member of the Iris Orchestra and enjoys performing with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Atlanta Ballet Orchestra. He plays regularly with the Atlanta Opera Orchestra, including the entire past season.

Josh has given clinics and featured performances at the American Trombone Workshop, International Trombone Festival, and Georgia Music Educators Association Conference. He has also been an invited artist and lecturer at various workshops and universities across the country and has given consortium premiere performances of several new works for trombone and wind ensemble. His solo CD Catalyst was the recipient of the UGA Creative Research Medal in Arts & Humanities and has been featured on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Classical Today. Bynum’s contemporary chamber group the Mod[ular] Ensemble is featured on the album New Cartography.

His students have distinguished themselves by winning international and national competitions, attaining positions with professional performing organizations, placement at prestigious graduate programs, and appointment to academic positions (from university-level to the public schools). Bynum holds the UGA General Sandy Beaver Teaching Professorship, in recognition for sustained excellence and innovation in teaching.

Josh is a member of the ITA Pedagogy Council and serves as editor and contributor to the quarterly Pedagogy Corner column of the International Trombone Association Journal. His research interests include concepts of effective section playing and creative problem solving in the practice room.

You can see more about Josh at his website.