Simon Gunton studied trombone and piano at the Royal College of Music and has been working as a professional musician in London since 1988.
He has performed with all of the country's major symphony, chamber and opera orchestras. Simon regularly plays on film soundtracks, and recent recordings include "James Bond," "Wallace and Grommit" and "The Da Vinci Code."
He has also been fortunate enough to play with artists such as Paul MaCartney, Elton John, Westlife and Mariah Carey, to name a few.

Simon also has his own brass chamber group, "The Golden Section."

Simon has led workshops and presented concerts for organisations such as the Royal Opera House, Philharmonia Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Royal College of Music, Spitalfields Festival, Escape Artists, British Council and Arts and Business. In this capacity, Simon has worked as an animateur with primary and secondary school children, university students, hospice patients, autistic children, prisoners, homeless and mental health communities.

For the British Council Simon has toured extensively with the brass ensemble The Wallace Collection, leading workshops in countries such as Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh and Khazakhstan. Simon is also musical director of Escape Artists, and recently conducted the choir of Kings College Chapel Cambridge as part of the Cambridge Cantata, the culmination of a project with mental health service users.

Emily graduated with honours from the Royal College of Music where she studied Timpani and Percussion. While at the RCM Emily developed a passion for education work through the RCM's pioneering outreach groups Prince Consort Percussion and the Elastic Band with whom she gained experience in workshop leadership.

Emily has been involved in a variety of concerts and projects with major orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Britten Sinfonia. She has also been involved in a variety of cross-curricular workshops with the Royal Albert Hall, Orchestra of St John's and St David's Hall education departments.
Emily has led the percussion days at the Wigmore Hall and Wallace Collection, and as part of her percussion duo Drum Blondes.

Emily teaches at Sutton High School for Girls and the Dragon School as well as lots of workshops with Drum Blondes and Beats Learning!