Garrett County Republican: Polaris Piano Trio performs works by women and composers of African descent from the 19th century [Kenneth Law, Cello, 7:30 Aug. 5]

Kenneth Law, cellist (Left), is member of Polaris Piano Trio

The Garrett County Republican

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.