Kenneth Law, cellist (Left), is member of Polaris Piano Trio
Oakland, Maryland
by Mary Sincell McEwen
Editor
GRANTSVILLE — Music at Penn Alps will present the Polaris Piano Trio
in concert on Aug. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Great Hall at Spruce Forest,
located at 125 Casselman Rd., Grantsville.
The Polaris Piano Trio
performs works by women and composers of African descent from the 19th
century through the present. The players are violinist Laura Kobayashi,
cellist Kenneth Law, and pianist Stephen Buck.
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Law has a diverse career as performer, teacher and author. In
addition to being a founding member of the Main Street Music Studios and
Main Street Chamber Players in Fairfax, Va., he is also a member of the
Ritz Chamber Players. He has performed internationally as soloist and
recitalist, including appearances at the Washington (D.C.) Performing
Arts Club and German Embassy, the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jazz at Lincoln Center Concert Series and
Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Law has also performed in England,
France, Scotland, Panama and Puerto Rico as a member of the Converse
Trio.
Law received the 2010 South Carolina ASTA Studio Teacher of
the Year Award, and his students have been accepted to the Eastman
School of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, Peabody and Oberlin
Conservatories, Indiana University (Bloomington), Florida State
University and many more.
His degrees and diplomas are from the
Eastman School of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, Peabody
Conservatory and the Juilliard School. His summer faculty appointments
have included the Summit Music Festival, Vienna (Va.) Summer Strings,
Five Seasons Chamber Music Festival and the Colour of Music Festival in
Charleston, S.C.
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