Mary Beth Gunther

SGT Mary Beth Gunther is the Director of Music at Hargrave Military Academy. She teaches the academy’s academic music classes and works with its performance groups, including the Highlanders and the marching band.

SGT Gunther has more than 25 years of experience as a music educator, in the United States and abroad. She is a band and instrumental music specialist, conductor, pianist, and percussionist, and served as a professional military musician with several U.S. Army bands. She has performed as a pianist and keyboardist, vocalist, percussionist, and ensemble musician in jazz, rock and contemporary, church, ceremonial, and marching-band settings, and has taught students on a variety of instruments as well as voice students.

Beyond her military service, she has worked in Romania, the Philippines, and throughout the United States, serving in settings that range from Christian fellowship groups and family camps to churches and public schools.