Rena Urso-Trapani is a member of the flute faculty at California State University, Long Beach. A native of Detroit, Ms. Urso-Trapani received her bachelor's degree from Wayne State University. While working on her master's degree at CSULB, she was a graduate assistant and later was appointed to the applied flute faculty.

Ms. Urso-Trapani has held Piccolo positions in the New York City Opera, National Company, and the San Francisco Opera's Western Opera Theater. She has also performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the American Ballet Theater, the symphonies of Honolulu and Santa Rosa, as well as the Sacramento Philharmonic, Opera and Chorale Society.

Co-founder of Bella Musica Chamber Ensembles, her flute quartet, Bella Musica maintains an active schedule, concertizing on the West Coast and performing outreach events in the public schools around California. Additionally, Ms. Urso-Trapani is the second flutist with the Oakland East Bay Symphony and the Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra.

She has performed in master classes with James Galway, Julius Baker, Michel Debost, and Ervin Monroe. Her principal teachers include Robert Patrick, Clement Barone, Dr. John Barcellona, and Anne Diener-Zentner.