Dr. Joshua L. Bynum  currently serves as Assistant Professor of Trombone and Low Brass at Ouachita Baptist University and as the principal trombonist of the Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra.  He enjoys an active schedule balancing roles as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral trombonist, and clinician.

He is a graduate of Jacksonville State University (BME) and Temple University (MM). As a recipient of the prestigious Iowa Performance Fellowship, Bynum earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Trombone Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa.  His doctoral essay analyzes the fundamentals of superior orchestral trombone section performance, and includes in-depth interviews with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. 

Before coming to OBU, Bynum served as low brass instructor on the faculties of Grinnell College, the University of Pennsylvania,  the Cedar Rapids Symphony School, and the Wilmington Music School (DE).

Recently, Dr. Bynum has performed with both the Arkansas and Shreveport Symphony Orchestras. He has held positions with the Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Tuscaloosa, and Gadsden Symphony Orchestras, was an Associate Member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and has also performed with the Joffrey Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Bay Atlantic and Haverford Symphony Orchestras.  With these ensembles, Bynum has performed with numerous artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Elmar Oliveira, William Preucil, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Robert Browning, Sir James Galway, and Henry Charles Smith.

In addition to numerous solo recitals and masterclasses given across the United States, Bynum  has appeared with the  Jacksonville State University Chamber Wind Ensemble, the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, and the Eastern Iowa Brass Band.  He was also a solo artist at the 2002 and 2003 Northeast Alabama Trombone Festivals. 

In 2007, Dr. Bynum was one of 12 international tenor trombonists selected for participation in the prestigious Alessi Seminar, where  received individual and ensemble instruction from Joseph Alessi, principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic.

Bynum's primary teachers include Dr. David Gier, Nitzan Haroz, David Perkel, and Dr. Jim Roberts.  In addition, he  has performed in masterclasses with many of the nation's top trombonists, including Michael Mulcahy, Larry Zalkind, and James Miller.  While studying at Temple University, Bynum also received regular instruction from members of the Philadelphia Orchestra low brass section both past and present.

For more information, please visit:

OBU Low Brass Studio

Josh Bynum's website