
About John
EDUCATION
Masters of Music from DePaul University; Bachelor of Music from Columbus State University
Instruments
Cello
John Rogler is a cello teacher with many years of experience. His advanced knowledge of
technique and musicality have helped his students take their performance skill to great
heights. He has also taught students around the country at the Columbus State University
Preparatory Division in Georgia, Music for Kids program in Illinois, and in Massachusetts at
the Sharon Music Academy and the Needham Community Education program. He has taught
a wide variety of students in many playing styles, from five year olds to senior citizens, and
from beginners learning scales to advanced students learning concertos.
A native of Massachusetts, John is an award winning cellist having received honors from
Concerto Competitions in Boston, Chicago, and Atlanta, as well as prestigious Chamber
Music competitions such as the Evanston Music Club Scholarship Competition and the
MTNA National Championships in Las Vegas where he won runner-up with the Columbus
String Quartet. He was named the winner of the Ruth Kern Young Artist Concerto
Competition and performed as soloist on the Schumann Cello Concerto with the Atlanta
Community Symphony Orchestra.
John has performed with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra at such prestigious
venues as Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, Kresge Auditorium at MIT, and Symphony
Hall, Boston. He has also performed throughout the United States with the Thompson Street
Opera Company in Chicago, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra in Georgia, and toured with
the DePaul Symphony Orchestra in Tampa and Miami, Florida. John has recorded the
premier of many works by his father, composer Robert Rogler, including Violoncello Sonata
in Eb Major and Five Poems for Solo Violoncello for the album, Where the River Falls . He is
a member of the DuBois Orchestra in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Kristen Palleiko of the Curio Museum described John Rogler’s performance as “Absolutely beautiful”.
