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Janice Tucker Rhoda, whose biography is included in Marquis Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women, and Who's Who in the World, has designed her path-breaking instruction series, The ABCs of Strings, to encourage students of all ages to play the Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass. Ms. Rhoda received a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1989, where her primary teacher was Eric Rosenblith, protégé of well-known pedagogue Carl Flesch. She also studied with such luminaries as Nancy Cirillo, Rudolf Kolisch, Yuri Mazurkevich, George Neikrug, Daniel Pinkham, Gunther Schuller, Roman Totenberg and Benjamin Zander. Her Suzuki teacher trainers included Shinichi Suzuki, William Starr, Joan Reuning and Lorraine Fink.

Ms. Rhoda taught violin at the Longy School of Music, Brookline Music School and All Newton Music School, serving as director of the Suzuki program at the first two institutions. She currently gives violin teacher training classes at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education in Massachusetts, and has presented clinics and courses at music colleges worldwide including the New England Conservatory of Music, McGill University, Penn State University, Royal Conservatory of Music, and Vancouver Academy of Music. She has also given teacher training clinics at FMEA, MMEA, NJMEA, NYSSMA, PMEA, TODA, TMEA, Massachusetts Suzuki Festival, and has served as an adjudicator for solo competitions. Janice Tucker Rhoda is the author of the string method book series The ABCs of Strings which encompasses over 40 titles including DVDs and CDs for violin, viola, cello, bass and string orchestra. The books combine melodies from classical music standards, folk and fiddle tunes, rock 'n roll and jazz, and Ms. Rhoda's original compositions of these various styles along with preparatory warm-ups, scales, and study pieces. Difficulty levels in the series range from absolute beginner to budding virtuoso. The publisher is Carl Fischer Music.