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Dr. Melanie Foster Taylor, piano

Dr. Melanie Foster Taylor, piano

Dr. Stephen Buck, piano

Dr. Douglas Weeks, piano

Highlights from our concert in Geneva, NY

Betcha didn't know that among the top 10 orchestras in the world, Black classically trained musicians represent less than 3% of the performers. The Colour of Music Festival is about to show us what its like to see Black musicians perform the works of Black composers. Please watch and share!

Ritz Chamber Players opens its 19th season with an evening of spirituals, performed by several talented Ritz Chamber Players members. ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK (1942 – ) American Landscape No. 2 1. With Energy 2. Andante Grazioso 3. Vivace Kelly Hall-Tompkins – Violin and Kenneth Law – Cello WILLIAM GRANT STILL (1895 – 1978) Summerland Kelly Hall-Tompkins – Violin and Kevin Sharpe – Piano LENA MAE MCLIN (1928 –) I’m a Soldier in the Army of the Lord Spiritual Suite for Baritone and Ensemble Robert Sims – Lyric Baritone, Kelly Hall-Tompkins – Violin, Kenneth Law – Cello, Terrance L. Patterson – Clarinet and Kevin Sharpe – Piano

Highly acclaimed cellist Kenneth Law is a performer, a teacher, and an author. He is a member of the Main Street Chamber Players, the Davenport Chamber Players, the Cirrus Ensemble, and the Colour of Music Festival. He has performed all over the world, collaborating with ensembles and orchestras in addition to solo performances. He has received numerous awards, including the NAACP Image Award as a member of the Ritz Chamber Players, and was also a chamber music fellow at the Juilliard School. His students have secured acceptances at prestigious music schools including Peabody and Oberlin Conservatories, Cleveland Institute of Music, and Indiana University, among others. In this episode we cover: 1. The multifaceted ways music enables communication...Kenneth's personal take on expression through his art and what that expression offers him as an artist 2. Preparation for different types of performance - solo, orchestral, chamber, recording 3. Adapting to different chamber groups' ethos 4. A beautifully unique aspect of Kenneth's website 5. The importance of being a supportive teacher...three ways Kenneth approaches his teaching For more, visit lisaruthmusic.com/talking-shop

Kenneth Law, Principal Cellist with the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Professor with Converse College, performs a selection from Dario Marianelli's "Atonement Suite."