Ashanti Law
12618 Beechfield Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93312
(323) 788-8316 │ashanti.law17@gmail.com
Education
AA-T in Music expected date May 2021
Bakersfield College
Music Teachers’ Association of California (Level 8 of 10 completed to date) expected date May 2022
Piano Studies
Dr. Doug Davis, Composer, Performer
Bakersfield College, Spring 2020-present
Dorothy Burgess, MA, Piano Teacher
Music Teachers’ Association (MTAC), 2011-present
Master Classes
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.
Ory Shihor, Pianist, teacher, and co-founder of the Ory Shihor Institute
MTAC State Convention, 2019
Music Festivals
Jazz-Pop Festival, performer
Bakersfield, CA, 2012-present
Bach Festival, performer
Bakersfield, CA, 2013-present
Classical Festival, performer
Bakersfield, CA, 2017
Selected Music Performances
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
References
Dr. Doug Davis, Composer, Performer
Private, Bakersfield College
(661) 805-1843
Kris Tiner, MFA Professor of Music, Director of Jazz Studies
Bakersfield College
(661)-395-4313, kris.tiner@bakersfieldcollege.edu
Dorothy Burgess, MA, Piano Teacher
Dorothy Burgess’s Piano Studio, Music Teachers’ Association of California
(661) 549-3181, dorothyburgesspiano@gmail.com
Dr. Jennifer M. Garrett
Director/Chair of The Bakersfield College Music Department
(661) 395-4547, Jennifer.garrett@bakersfieldcollege.edu
Arthur Law III, Th.D., CMPC, BCPPC Pastor/Counselor
AHOP Ministries/AHOP Counseling Services
(661) 241-3448, pastorlawgano@gmail.com