Born in Salisbury, NC, Timothy Gudger started viola studies at the age of 9 with the Salisbury-Rowan public school system under the direction of Mr. Edward Allison. Mr. Gudger received his Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance from Appalachian State University where he studied with Dr. Glenn Muegel and Dr. Bill Wilson. He received his Master of Music in Viola Performance from Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost in Pittsburgh, PA, where he studied with Mr. Randolph Kelly and Ms. Jennifer Gerhard. Mr. Gudger has played extensively with orchestras in the southeast, including the North Carolina Symphony, the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Greensboro Symphony, the South Carolina Philharmonic, the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, and the Hilton Head Orchestra. Mr. Gudger is currently the principal violist with the Salisbury Symphony and the Associate Principal Violist for the Western Piedmont Symphony.