Born in Russellville, Kentucky, drummer/percussionist Joshua Hunt began playing drums at the age of 5. Similar to many others growing up in small towns, Mr. Hunt began performing with cover bands as a teenager. Upon graduating high school, Mr. Hunt decided to pursue a degree in music performance at Western Kentucky University, and received said degree in the Spring of 2004. Upon graduating, Mr. Hunt auditioned, and was accepted, at the prestigious University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received the Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship, as well as a teaching assistantship while completing his Master of Music degree. Upon completion in 2006, Mr. Hunt was offered a teaching assistantship from the University of Illinois Jazz Division, and immediately began working toward the Doctoral of Musical Arts degree in jazz studies. Mr. Hunt is currently completing research for his dissertation in order to complete that degree.

The list of exceptional artists that Mr. Hunt has performed with includes David ‘Fathead’ Newman, James Carter, Evelyn Glennie, Jim Pugh, Eijiro Nakagawa, David Berger, Marvin Hamlisch, Glenn Wilson, Chip Stephens, Chip McNeill, Larry Gray, Jeff Grubbs, William Moersch, Christopher Norton, and Ian Hobson. As a concert percussionist, Mr. Hunt has performed with Sinfonia da Camera, Champaign-Urbana Symphony, Peoria Symphony Orchestra, Danville Symphony, and Bowling Green-Western Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Hunt has performed at many of the most prestigious venues in the country, including the historic Carnegie Hall in New York City. In the summer of 2008, Mr. Hunt performed at the Bali Arts Festival in Denpasar, Bali, and served a term as drummer for the production orchestra of Princess Cruise Lines onboard the Island Princess in Alaska.