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Born in Oklahoma, violist
Summer Rhodes, received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Tulsa. She received a Master of Music Performance degree from the University of Colorado, where she studied with Erika Eckert. While at the University of Colorado, she was fortunate to both study as well as share the stage with the Takacs String Quartet as a member of the graduate string quartet.
Summer has studied and performed in master classes with Paul Neubauer, Bernard Greenhouse, Sharon Robinson, Jaime Laredo, Robert Mann, Marc Johnson, Patricia McCarty and Thomas Riebl.
Summer has performed in the Banff Centre Chamber Music Festival, the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, the Telluride Jazz Festival in Colorado, the Brevard and Eastern Music Festivals in North Carolina and the Chautauqua Music Festival in New York. In addition, she has attended the Soundfest Quartet Seminar in Cape Cod, the Delaware Quartet Seminar, and the Takacs Quartet Seminar in Colorado.
As a member of the Viardot String Quartet, winners of the Young Musicians Foundation Chamber Music Competition and national winner of the Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Chamber Music Performance Competition, Summer performed throughout the United States. She now lives in Denver and is an active freelance musician and teacher.
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