A native of Hope, Arkansas, Professor Gunter has over twenty-four years of teaching experience at all levels of instrumental music, including Woodland Junior High School in Fayetteville and DeQueen High School in DeQueen, Arkansas.  His last position was at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he served as the Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands.  At Rutgers, he was the Director of the RU Marching Band and Basketball Pep Band, Conductor of the University Concert Band, Associate Conductor of the RU Wind Ensemble, Instructor of the Marching Band Techniques course for music education majors, and helped supervise student teachers.

Professor Gunter received both of his degrees from the University of Arkansas - a B.S.E. in Music Education in 1979 and a Masters of Music in Conducting in 1993, where he served as a Graduate Assistant and Assistant Conductor to several ensembles, including the Razorback Marching Band, Hogwild Basketball Band, UA Wind Ensemble, UA Concert Band, and UA Campus Band, and as the faculty sponsor to Tau Beta Sigma. 

Professor Gunter has served as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the South and Northeast, including the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, New Mexico, and Connecticut. He is affiliated with several professional and honorary organizations, including Phi Beta Mu Bandmasters Fraternity, Arkansas Bandmasters Association, Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association, Music Educators National Conference, College Band Directors National Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, and Mu Upsilon Alpha, and Pi Kappa Lambda..