A founding member of the Naumburg Award winning  Lydian Quartet, with whom she played for over twenty  years, Rhonda Rider is also a member of the celebrated  piano trio Triple Helix. Actively touring, she has been  heard at international festivals including Concerts Spirituel  de Geneve, American Academy in Rome, and  Tanglewood. She has performed at the Kennedy Center,  Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, Moscow Conservatory,  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Library of  Congress. Highlights of this season include concerts and  masterclasses in Taiwan and Hong Kong, performances at  the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., Symphony Space, New York City, with the Rogue Valley Symphony Orchestra, the complete Beethoven Sonatas with  pianist Jung Ja Kim, and premieres of works by Yu Hui Chang, David Rakowsky  and Marti Epstein.

Ms. Rider has premiered and recorded works by such composers as John Harbison, Lee Hyla, Yu Hui Chang, Bright Sheng, and Elliott Carter. Her chamber music and solo recordings have been nominated for Grammy Awards and cited as "Critic's Choice" in both the New York Times and Boston Globe. She has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, the American String Teachers' Association, and Chamber Music America. She has also adjudicated at the Concert Artists Guild Competition, Stulberg International String Competition and the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. During the summer months, she performs and teaches at Music from Salem, Green Mountain Festival, and, since 2003, has been the cello coach for the Asian Youth Orchestra. Ms. Rider is Chair of Chamber Music and on the cello faculty at The Boston Conservatory.