BEN BYNUM
Drummer/Percussionist/Producer
Drummer/Percussionist/Producer
drummer/percussionist/educator
Biography
Born in New Hampshire and raised in Long Island, percussionist Ben
Bynum became involved with music at a young age. He briefly studied
violin and piano early on, but at age 10 discovered his love for the
drums.
He quickly began playing with local rock groups and subbed for wedding bands. By the age of 14 he was also playing percussion with local orchestras. At 17 he had his first performance in Carnegie Hall as the principal timpanist of the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra. Around this time Bynum also attended the Juilliard School preparatory division, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, and the New York All-State Symphony Orchestra.
After high school, Ben continued his classical percussion studies at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he was a scholarship student of Will Hudgins. The following year he transferred to SUNY Stony Brook where he minored in piano, studied conducting, and became more active as a jazz and studio drummer. It was at this time that Bynum started to perform regularly with such legendary musicians as Bakithi Kumalo, Sharon Jones, Ray Anderson, and Teddy Charles.
After graduating in 2005, Bynum moved to New York City to continue his career as a freelance drummer and percussionist. He has since been performing locally and abroad with various NYC groups. Ben just got back from a west coast tour with pianist/singer Nellie McKay, and is scheduled for more dates across the US with her. Ben has also been teaching privately and in masterclasses through out the Tri-state area. His personal teachers and mentors include Jack Snyder, Paul Vaillancourt, Jeff Milarsky, and Ari Hoenig. His parents aren't too bad either!
He quickly began playing with local rock groups and subbed for wedding bands. By the age of 14 he was also playing percussion with local orchestras. At 17 he had his first performance in Carnegie Hall as the principal timpanist of the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra. Around this time Bynum also attended the Juilliard School preparatory division, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, and the New York All-State Symphony Orchestra.
After high school, Ben continued his classical percussion studies at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he was a scholarship student of Will Hudgins. The following year he transferred to SUNY Stony Brook where he minored in piano, studied conducting, and became more active as a jazz and studio drummer. It was at this time that Bynum started to perform regularly with such legendary musicians as Bakithi Kumalo, Sharon Jones, Ray Anderson, and Teddy Charles.
After graduating in 2005, Bynum moved to New York City to continue his career as a freelance drummer and percussionist. He has since been performing locally and abroad with various NYC groups. Ben just got back from a west coast tour with pianist/singer Nellie McKay, and is scheduled for more dates across the US with her. Ben has also been teaching privately and in masterclasses through out the Tri-state area. His personal teachers and mentors include Jack Snyder, Paul Vaillancourt, Jeff Milarsky, and Ari Hoenig. His parents aren't too bad either!
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