The ARA Trio was founded by three U-M School of Music, Theatre and Dance students in 2015, and they take special interest in bringing flute trio repertoire to new audiences. Rachel Berkowitz is a junior working towards a B.S in Neuroscience and a B.M. in Flute Performance with Amy Porter. Anita Graef is junior a Cello Performance student, studying under Anthony Elliott. Annelisa Crabtree is a junior Piano Performance major under Louis Nagel with a Performing Arts Management minor.