Arthur (Artie) Storch

Director | Percussion

An active Bay Area free-lance musician who enjoys performing in many diverse styles, Artie Storch is a regular extra percussionist for the San Francisco Symphony, Symphony San Jose, Opera San Jose and other orchestras.  In the pop realm, he has performed with acts including The Who, Metallica, Weird Al Yankovic, Ben Folds and Andrea Bocelli, and he is a frequent player in the Bay Area theater scene, playing in the world premieres of Beautiful (The Carole King Musical), The Prince of Egypt, White Christmas, as well as the Bay Area runs of Phantom of the Opera and many other shows. 

As principal percussionist for The Skywalker Symphony, his recording credits include playing drums, timpani and/or percussion for numerous movies and video games, and he can be heard on recordings by artists ranging from John Williams to Linda Ronstadt.

Artie is the Percussion Director for the California Youth Symphony, runs a private teaching studio, and is on the faculty of Chabot College where he teaches orchestral percussion and drum set, and directs the percussion ensemble. In addition, he was a lecturer in percussion at CSU East Bay for 37 years. 

Artie received a Bachelor of Science degree from Brooklyn College, CUNY, where he studied with Morris Lang of the New York Philharmonic, and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where his principal teacher was Saul Goodman.

Artie Storch endorses Vic Firth drumsticks and mallets, and is a Marimba One artist.

Updated October 2024