Byron Fulcher was born in Cornwall, England in 1970 and took up the trombone at the age of nine. He studied with Denis Wick prior to entering the Guildhall School of Music in 1988, where he studied with Eric Crees.

Byron performed the British premiere of Ranki's 'Tales of Father Goose' in 1989 in the Barbican Hall and the Gordon Jacob 'Trombone Concerto' in the final of the Shell/LSO scholarship with the London Symphony Orchestra in 1991. He has also performed the Grondahl 'Trombone Concerto' and most recently the David 'Trombone Concerto' with the Lima Symphony Orchestra in Peru.

Byron freelanced from 1993 to 2000, working with a wide variety of orchestras and ensembles including the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Sinfonietta, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Symphony. He took the position as principal trombone of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in 2000 and moved to the Philharmonia Orchestra in September 2001. Byron has recently become a member of London Brass.