Tubist Matthew Gaunt currently serves as Principal Tuba of the Albany Symphony, Berkshire Symphony, and Indian Hill Symphony Orchestras and has also performed with the Vermont Symphony, Portland Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center Fellowship Orchestra under the baton of Leonard Bernstein.

In addition to performing with the world-renowned Empire Brass, his chamber music experience includes national and international tours and recordings as a member of the award-winning Epic Brass, Paramount Brass, and Boston Brass Quintets. He currently performs and records with the Cleveland-based Burning River Brass and the unique chamber ensemble Proteus 7. A graduate of the Boston University School for the Arts, Mr. Gaunt as served as the Brass Ensemble Director for the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra and been on the faculty of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and the South Shore Conservatory of Music.