Rhonda Rider, Chair of Strings at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, served as the cellist of the Naumburg Award winning Lydian Quartet and Triple Helix Piano Trio for over twenty years. Rider has adjudicated and served on the panels of Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff and Stulberg Competitions, American String Teachers’ Association and the National Endowment for the Arts. She has been a frequent guest artist and teacher at the Asian Youth Orchestra, Green Mountain Festival, Music from Salem and Tanglewood, Rider is heard on over 30 recordings of chamber and solo music that include numerous works written for her. www.rhondarider.com