James Hotchkiss Rogers (February 7, 1857 – November 28, 1940) was an American organist, composer, teacher, music critic, and publisher.

[6] He worked for a year in Burlington, Iowa before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, where he established himself primarily as an organist.

[1] He was not a harsh critic: even when Isadora Duncan danced in an outrageous red costume in 1922, Rogers simply wrote, "all things considered, the orchestra did very well."

A portrait, painted by Mary Seymour Brooks,[9] was presented to the Western Reserve Historical Society a year later.

[1][10] He also composed lighter secular partsongs, Christmas and Easter cantatas, several Mass settings, and temple service music.