Ritz Chamber Players

Kenneth Law Cello

Kenneth Law is Assistant Professor of Violoncello at the Petrie School of Music of Converse College. In addition to his participation in the Converse Trio, he is a member of of the Jacksonville (FL)-based Ritz Chamber Players, and principal cellist of the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a past president of the South Carolina Chapter of the American String Teachers Association, and is a founding member of the Harlaxton International Chamber Music Festival in England. Mr. Law has appeared as soloist and recitalist throughout the southeast, and chamber music performances include appearances at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, and Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Mr. Law has also performed in England, France, Scotland, Panama and the Czech Republic as a member of the Converse Trio. He has collaborated with such artists as Earl Carlyss (Juilliard String Quartet), Michael Tree (Guarneri Quartet), Ying String Quartet, Norman Carroll (concertmaster emeritus, Philadelphia Orchestra) and the late Samuel Baron, and has recorded orchestral and chamber music for the New Albion and Telarc labels. Mr. Law received undergraduate and graduate degrees in performance from the Eastman School of Music and Cleveland Institute of Music, and a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory. He also served as a chamber music fellow at the Juilliard School.

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