# Byron Fulcher

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**Byron Fulcher** (born 1970) is a British musician who is the principal trombone with the [Royal Ballet and Opera](/source/Royal_Ballet_and_Opera) and the [London Sinfonietta](/source/London_Sinfonietta). In addition, he is professor of trombone at the [Royal College of Music](/source/Royal_College_of_Music).[1][2]

## Early life and education

Byron was born and raised in [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall), started playing trombone at the age of nine and studied with [Denis Wick](/source/Denis_Wick). From 1988 and 1992, he studied at the [Guildhall School of Music and Drama](/source/Guildhall_School_of_Music) under [Eric Crees](/source/Eric_Crees).

## Career

In 1989, Fulcher performed the British premiere of Ranki's *Tales of Father Goose* and has since performed the Gordon Jacob and Launy Grondahl trombone concerti in London and the Ferdinand David *Concertino* in Peru with the Lima Symphony Orchestra. In 2006, he performed the Derek Bourgeois Trombone Concerto with the RAF Central Band.

In 1991 Fulcher was a finalist the Shell LSO Scholarship competition, where he played a concerto in the [Barbican Centre](/source/Barbican_Centre) with the [London Symphony Orchestra](/source/London_Symphony_Orchestra).

Fulcher has also performed at the International Trombone Festival in Helsinki, Finland (2003) and Birmingham, UK (2006).

Fulcher held the position of co-principal trombone of the [Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia](/source/Orquesta_Sinf%C3%B3nica_de_Galicia), Spain before returning to London to freelance in 1993. He then worked with a wide variety of orchestras and ensembles including the [Chamber Orchestra of Europe](/source/Chamber_Orchestra_of_Europe), [London Symphony Orchestra](/source/London_Symphony_Orchestra), [Royal Philharmonic Orchestra](/source/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra) and [BBC Symphony Orchestra](/source/BBC_Symphony_Orchestra). Byron became Principal Trombone of the [BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra](/source/BBC_Scottish_Symphony_Orchestra) in 2000 and moved to the [Philharmonia Orchestra](/source/Philharmonia_Orchestra) in September 2001. In 2009 he became Principal Trombone of the [London Sinfonietta](/source/London_Sinfonietta).In November 2024 he left the Philharmonia Orchestra and became Principal Trombone of the [Royal Ballet and Opera](/source/Royal_Ballet_and_Opera), Covent Garden, London.

Fulcher was featured as soloist in the 2004 [Benjamin Zander](/source/Benjamin_Zander) / Philharmonia recording of Mahler's Third Symphony (although the CD sleeve calls him "Brian" Fulcher).

Fulcher has given masterclasses at the [Trinity College of Music](/source/Trinity_College_of_Music) and [Chetham's School of Music](/source/Chetham's_School_of_Music). He also contributed to the [musical score](/source/Film_score) of *[Gladiator](/source/Gladiator_(2000_film))*, *[The Lord of the Rings](/source/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(film_series))*, and *[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit](/source/Wallace_%26_Gromit:_The_Curse_of_the_Were-Rabbit)*. He also now teaches at the [Royal College of Music](/source/Royal_College_of_Music) and [Birmingham Conservatoire](/source/Birmingham_Conservatoire) and is a member of the [London Brass](/source/London_Brass).

## References

1. ["Byron Fulcher"](https://www.rcm.ac.uk/brass/professors/details/?id=01898). *Royal College of Music*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170914171947/http://www.rcm.ac.uk:80/brass/professors/details/?id=01898) 2017-09-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

1. ["Byron Fulcher - Principal Trombone"](https://philharmonia.co.uk/bio/byron-fulcher/). *Philharmonia*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200930002230/https://philharmonia.co.uk/bio/byron-fulcher/) 2020-09-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

## External links

- [Philharmonia page](https://www.philharmonia.co.uk/thephilharmoniaorchestra/membersoftheorchestra/trombone/byronfulcher/)
- [RCM page](https://web.archive.org/web/20061002093627/http://www.rcm.ac.uk/prof.asp?display=professors&link=817)
- [Biographical details](https://web.archive.org/web/20061014164709/http://www.maslink.co.uk/cvs/trombones/fulcher(byron).html)

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