Ted Gurch is Associate Principal/E-flat Clarinetist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 1989. Prior to coming to Atlanta, he served for three seasons as Principal Clarinetist with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. He attended the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Stanley Hasty and Charles Neidich, earning a Bachelor's Degree and the Performer's Certificate. While at Eastman he was active as a saxophonist in the school's jazz program, and was a member of the award-winning Eastman Jazz Ensemble. He has appeared as a concerto soloist with the ASO on saxophone as well as clarinet, and has also performed and recorded with the orchestra on bass clarinet and bassett horn. Complementing his work with the ASO, which also includes participating in community outreach projects and coaching the clarinet section of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, he has been an active Atlanta chamber musician for the past two decades, where in addition to his work as a member of Sonic Generator, he has performed and recorded with the new music ensembles Thamyris, Bent Frequency and Luna Nova, as well as the Atlanta Winds and the Georgian, Riverside and Atlanta Chamber Players.