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Formed in 1999, the Amelia Piano Trio came to the fore after participating in Isaac Stern’s Chamber Music Workshop at Carnegie Hall in 2000.  Joining the roster of Concert Artists Guild in 2001, the trio went on to win the ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming.  The Trio has performed in many major halls, including the 92nd St Y in New York City, Carnegie Hall, Seattle’s Meany Hall, and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.  Other performances include appearances at the Caramoor Music Festival in New York, the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, and the Bravo Vail Festival in Colorado, and for the La Jolla Chamber Music Society, the Calgary Pro Musica series, and at Merkin Hall and the Bargemusic series in New York City.  The trio has appeared several times on National Public Radio’s Performance Today and St. Paul Sunday programs, as well as on the WFMT radio network.  Notably, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison wrote his first full-length piano trio for the Amelia.  In 2003 the Trio was asked by National Public Radio to be the Young Ensemble in Residence, giving a week of live performances reaching thousands of listeners.   That same year, Anthea Kreston and Jason Duckles toured Eastern Europe, performing many concerts with Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Project.

 Violinist Anthea Kreston has received numerous awards for her chamber collaborations, including honors at the Melbourne and Banff International Competitions, the Grand Prize at the Concert Artists Guild Competition, and Top Prize in the Munich ARD International Chamber Music Competition.   Anthea holds a B.A. in Women's Studies from Cleveland State University and a performance degree from the Curtis Institute of Music. She is  on the faculty of Willamette University in Oregon.  She has studied with Almita and Roland Vamos, Felix Galimir, Ida Kavafian, and Phil Setzer.  The San Diego Reader said of her: "...Anthea is a soloist of the Heifetz-Shaham-Vengerov caliber, whose musical instincts could make even a mere bagatelle thrill the soul and stir the senses to a frenzy."

 Jason Duckles, cello, has received numerous awards for his chamber collaborations, including Grand Prize in the Concert Artists Guild Competition and Top Prize in the Munich ARD International Competition. Jason has also been a member of the Avalon String Quartet and the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble and has appeared frequently as the cellist for the Mark Morris Dance Group, which tours throughout the United States and Europe. Jason can be heard on the Sony Recording "Enchantment" with Yo Yo Ma and his Silk Road Project.  Jason received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and his Master's and Doctorate from the State University of New York at Stony Brook as a student of Timothy Eddy. He is on the faculty of Oregon State University and is the music director of the Eugene (OR) Youth Symphony Orchestra.  He has given master classes at Dartmouth College, the Longy School of Music, and Stanford University. Dedicated to music of our time, Jason has commissioned works from many composers, including Pulitzer Prize-winner John Harbison. 

 Andrew Armstrong, piano, has delighted audiences around the world, performing solo recitals and appearing with orchestras in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, including performances at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and as a soloist with Warsaw's National Philharmonic. He has performed with such conductors as Peter Oundjian, Itzhak Perlman, and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and in chamber music with the Alexander, American, and Manhattan String Quartets, the Caramoor Virtuosi at the Caramoor International Music Festival, and the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players in New York City.  In addition to his many concerts, his performances are heard regularly on National Public Radio and WQXR, New York City's premier classical music station.