Thomas Rodgers, a native of Anderson, Indiana, joined the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in March 2012 as a member of the first violin section. During the 2014-2015 season, he served as principal 2nd violin.

He holds a Master of Music in violin performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with William Preucil, former concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra. He also holds a Bachelor of Music from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (graduated summa cum laude), where he studied with Alexander Kerr, former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and current concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

He enjoys performing chamber music with friends and colleagues and is a member of the Salaff String Quartet, founded in 2014 by RPO musicians. He also enjoys teaching and taught violin orchestral repertory at the Eastman School of Music during the 2019-2020 academic year. As a pandemic project, he started a YouTube channel, consisting primarily of videos of him performing various short pieces together with his father.

Thomas has served on the faculty of the Kanack School of Musical Artistry since 2012.