The newly-formed Stellar Piano Trio combines the worldy performing experience of three musicians who are already well installed into the musical scene of Southeastern Michigan.

Brazilian pianist, Maria Meirelles, began her musical studies at the age of three and graduated from the Brazilian Conservatory at the age of thirteen studying with her mother Nicia Roubaud. In the United States she received her Bachelor, Master, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Michigan where she studied with renowned pianist Gyorgy Sandor.
Described as “Prodigious, a real virtuoso…, with talent and temperament” (Detroit News), Ms. Meirelles is acclaimed by audiences and critics alike throughout the United States and Latin America. “A most impressively endowed artist” (Gyorgy Sandor), she is constatntly praised for her “eloquent style”, “beautiful tone” and “brilliant technique”.
Ms. Meirelles is most identified with the performance of the complete 32 piano sonatas by Beethoven. She has often played the entire cycle in a month long series of recitals, most notably in her New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall, in Mexico City, at the University of Michigan, and at Detroit Orchestra Hall. The Orchestra Hall series was recorded live by the Detroit affiliate of National Public Radio, WDET.
During her distinguished career, Ms. Meirelles has appeared in concert under the baton of many notable Maestri, including Arthur Fiedler, Sixten Ehrling and Gyora Bernstein. She has performed with the Fort Lauderdale Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra and most southeast Michigan orchestras. In Mexico, she has appeared with several orchestras and has the distinction of performing with the Mexican National Symphony in a command performance for President Lopez Portillo. She was a featured soloist in the Beethoven Festival in Guanajuato and she is a frequent soloist at the Parnassos International Concert Series in Monterrey. In Mexico City, she was awarded the Aguila de Tlatelolco which is given to distinguished artists by the Mexican Foreign Ministry.
A frequent recitalist at the Detroit Institute of Arts, she has also performed often in Chicago, New York Lincoln Center, the New England Conservatory in Boston, and at the National Gallery in Washington DC. She also has numerous radio and television appearances to her credit both in the United States ad Mexico.

Cellist Debra Fayroian is an active soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer. At appearances throughout the United States and Canada, she has captivated audiences with her musical insight and beauty of tone.
Ms. Fayroian became a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1975, leaving her post as Principal Cellist of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra. Concurrently, she has been solo cellist with Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings. She is also a regular soloist with many of Michigan’s orchestras.
Debra has been guest artist and clinician to the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Bravo! Colorado Music Festival and is a regular performing artist of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival (MI). In addition to her work with Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, Ms. Fayroian plays an active role in Michigan’s music education communities and has conducted master classes at The University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Oakland Universities. Maintaining a private class of students and young professional musicians, she holds a special interst in coaching young chamber musicians. Ms. Fayroian has served as founding Director of Strings at the Cranbrook (MI) Summer Music Academy and on the Michigan American Strings Teachers Association (MASTA) Board of Directors. She was also a founding member of the Sonnet Quartet, in residence at Oakland University.
“...her playing has enormous animation and assurance. It was big, impulsive, generous and involved.”~The New York Times

American-born violinist and violist Adrienne Jacobs enjoys a career as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. To date, she has been heard on stages across Europe and the United States. As Associate Concertmaster of the Ann Arbor Symphony and substitute violinist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Adrienne performs regularly on the symphonic stage. Recently Adrienne participated in an Eastern European tour as a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Kammerorchester under the direction of Heinrich Schiff, highlighted by an appearance at the prestigious Prague Spring Festival. Since her solo debut at age 13, Adrienne has performed as soloist with many of Southeastern Michigan’s orchestras, including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on two separate occasions. However, her passion for recitals and chamber music has lead her to collaborate with many of the DSO’s members as well as Pinchas Zukerman. Notably, Adrienne was the Grand Prize winner of both the 1998 and 1999 American String Teachers’ Association Michigan Chamber Music Festival Competition which lead to many subsequent performances across Michigan including a performance at Rackham Auditorium presented by the University Musical Society of Ann Arbor. Also an avid performer of music from the Baroque, Adrienne has performed and coached with members of Cleveland’s Apollo’s Fire, and Edward Parmentier. Adrienne received her M.M. from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and her B.M. with Honors from The University of Michigan. She plays on a Matteo Goffriller violin made in 1706.