I started playing viola in a public-school summer program and then had lessons with my older sister, Dianna, who is an excellent violist, though she was a violinist at the time. Who were your early music influencers and teachers? I’m privileged to have spent a lot of time in my early years playing in the mountains and deserts…and weeding our garden (which I didn’t like one bit). I enjoyed being part of what my family was doing, but I also loved sports and being outside…all the normal growing-up stuff. Excepting my oldest brother, all my older siblings played string instruments, so when it was time for me to pick an instrument in addition to the piano, I chose the viola because it was unclaimed and unique. I enjoyed learning and making up music, but it wasn’t a huge focus for me at that point. My mother continued the musical tradition with her own family and taught me piano at an early age, mostly because she saw that I needed more to do.
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On that basis, all my mother’s siblings pursued music to some level, professional or otherwise. They were poor, and their sacrifice to accomplish this was real, but my grandmother, ahead of her time, recognized the benefits of music in raising children. My mom is a pianist and teacher whose parents had insisted that all their children learn to play an instrument – and play it well. I am the fifth of six kids and lived in the same house my entire young life my parents still reside in it. It was a small rural community, though it has since grown and changed. I grew up in Highland, Utah, at the base of the Wasatch mountains. So, from the beginning, James…where did you grow up, and how did you get involved with making music? We recently cornered him (literally) to learn how his musical talent, passion, and discipline evolved into a multi-faceted career: James is currently the music director at Hudson Montessori School in Hudson, OH, where he directs the Conservatory of Music and ensembles and teaches Suzuki viola and violin and classroom music to students ages 3-14. Minor Wetzel (Los Angeles Philharmonic), and Mark Jackobs (Cleveland Orchestra, CIM) and performed in concerts all around the United States and Europe. He received his bachelor’s degree from Cal State Fullerton (CSF) and his Master of Music degree in Viola Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), where he also received Suzuki training from Kimberly Meier-Sims. Born and raised in a rural community in Utah, No Exit’s violist James Rhodes is a busy performer, music educator, husband, and father of four children.
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