Joseph Aumann is a freelance tenor and bass trombonist based in Milwaukee, WI. He served as the 2nd/Assistant Principal Trombone with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra from May 2022- July 2025. He joined the music faculty of DePauw University in 2023, teaching trombone and euphonium. He formerly was the 2nd trombonist with the Alabama Symphony for one season in 2018-2019, where he also taught trombone and euphonium at Talladega College. He is the former principal trombonist of the Dubuque Symphony, and has previously taught at UW-Whitewater and at school districts around the Midwest. He has been an active freelance performer on tenor and bass trombone, with the Milwaukee Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Toledo Symphony, Madison Symphony, Des Moines Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Peninsula Music Festival, and many others.