Ashanti Law
Education
BA in Music, emphasis in Music Education expected date Dec. 2024
BS in Psychology
CSU Bakersfield
AA-T in Music May 2022
Bakersfield College
Music Teachers’ Association of California May 2022
Piano Studies
Dr. Soo-Yeon Park, performer, educator, collaborative pianist
CSU Bakersfield, Fall 2022-present
Dorothy Burgess, MA, Piano Teacher
Music Teachers’ Association (MTAC), 2011-2022
Dr. Doug Davis, Composer, Performer
Bakersfield College, Spring 2020-Fall 2021
Master Classes
Bakersfield International Music Festival, 2023
Performer
Chamber Ensemble
Jeff Parker, guitarist, composer, producer
BC Creative Music Summit, 2021
Performer
Jazz Combos
Jenny Scheimann, violinist, composer
BC Creative Music Summit, 2021
Performer
Jazz Combos
Josh Nelson, Pianist, performer
MTAC State Convention, 2021
Performer
Improvisational Master Class
Lisa Mezzacappa, Bay Area-based composer, bassist, bandleader, and producer
Bakersfield College, 2020
Performer
Performed with both Jazz and Classical Applied students.
Performed an improvisation of the life-cycle of the salmon.
Music Festivals
Jazz-Pop Festival, performer
Bakersfield, CA, 2012-present
Bach Festival, performer
Bakersfield, CA, 2013-present
Classical Festival, performer
Bakersfield, CA, 2017
Bakersfield International Music Festival
Bakersfield, CA, 2023-2024
Selected Music Performances
Bakersfield International Music Festival (pianist), July 2023
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra: Verdi's Requiem (choir), March 2023
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra: Home for the Holidays Concert (choir), December 2019
MTAC State Convention, June, July 2019
AHOP Ministries: Pianist, Worship Leader, Soloist, Music Department 2013-Present
Honors and Awards
Winner, Jazz-Pop Festival 2019
Carol Rodgers Scholarship recipient, 2020
Bakersfield Jazz Workshop Performers Scholarship recipient, 2020
Honor-recipient, Jazz-Pop Festival 2013, 2017-2020; Bach Festival 2015, 2019; Certificate of Merit High Honors 2017-2020; Certificate of Merit State Honors 2019
Professional Associations
Music Teacher’s Association of California (MTAC)/Certificate of Merit
National Association for Music Educators (NAfME)
References
Dr. Doug Davis, Composer, Performer
Private, Bakersfield College
Kris Tiner, MFA Professor of Music, Director of Jazz Studies
Bakersfield College
kris.tiner@bakersfieldcollege.edu
Dorothy Burgess, MA, Piano Teacher
Dorothy Burgess’s Piano Studio, Music Teachers’ Association of California
Dr. Jennifer M. Garrett
Director/Chair of The Bakersfield College Music Department
Jennifer.garrett@bakersfieldcollege.edu
Arthur Law III, Th.D., CMPC, BCPPC Pastor/Counselor
AHOP Ministries/AHOP Counseling Services