Trio Ariana

Karen Peeler, soprano, is Professor of Voice and heads the Vocal Performance Area at the Ohio State University in Columbia, Ohio. A native of Arkansas, Dr. Peeler holds degrees from Tulane University, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the DMA in vocal performance from the Florida State University. She has performed numerous leading roles in opera and musical theater throughout the United States and has given concerts widely in the US, Austria, and Italy; she is also noted as a stage director. She has won numerous awards for her singing and teaching, and in the summer is a member of the faculty of AIMS in Graz, Austria.

Henrietta Neeley, viola, teaches violin, viola, and chamber music at William Rainey Harper College in the Chicago suburb of Palatine. A native of North Carolina at Greensboro, and the MM in viola performance from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She has also completed postgraduate studies in chamber music at Yale University. Ms. Neeley is a former member of the New Orleans and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the City Opera Orchestra of Augsburg, Germany. She is a member of the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra of Chicago and is a busy freelance musician. She plays on a modern Italian viola made by Celeste Farotti.

Robin Guy, piano, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, is Professor of Piano and Collaborative Piano and Chair of Piano at the University of Northern Iowa. She spends her summers performing and teaching piano at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Ms. Guy maintains an active concert schedule throughout the United States and abroad, including Russia, Brazil, and Ecuador. She has recorded for Vienna Modern Masters, Mark Records, Capstone, and Albany Records. She earned music degrees from Baldwin-Wallace College, Baylor University, and the DMA in piano performance from the University of Arizona.