Joshua T. Law

Learning is hardwork but it can be fun. Joshua tries to make the lectures fun and creative. He goes out of his way to reach out to those students who need him most. He encourages his students to review/study while in class and stay ahead of him by reading ahead. He encourages his students to get involved with what they learn through field trips and attending concerts. He maintains an online site to assist his students in reviewing extensively illustrated lectures, doing review quizzes and assignments to prepare for the tests. Teaching sessions and concerts are announced in class the attendance of these allows students to learn by experience. Students could review course content, tests, listening samples and lecture notes in this site. Power Point files of his lectures are also published in his text. CDs and DVDs are beautifully produced for the students after concerts and made available to them for future reference. Friends and relatives of his students from around the world can view concerts through the world wide web.

Professor Law's specialties include Solo Voice, Music Theory, Choir, East Asian Music and Keyboard. He was formerly the chair person of Asian Studies Department and a member of the executive council of the Academic Senate for many years. Joshua is an active member of Asian & Pacific Islander American Student Success (APASS). He is also currently serving as faculty advisor of World Music Club and a few years back, he revived the Chinese Culture Club (CCC) of CCSF and assisted in letting CCC assist his successful Karaoke singing contests. He produces the popular twice-yearly World Music Showcase Concerts and Karaoke contests for many years since the early nineties. Each semester, he directs City Oratorio and Orchestra, a City College Community Chorus and performs Oratorios by great Composers such as Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, and Mendelssohn. These concerts and contests have always been extremely well supported by the CCSF community as well as citizens of San Francisco. For example, The Handel's Messiah performance from City College Choir and orchestra which Professor Law directs can be viewed by following this link: www.youtube.com and search video by us using Joshua's full name as one word, i.e. joshuatlaw.

Professor Law is a well-known Baritone Soloist and Choir director among Christian churches of many denominations all over Asia as well as North America. Having been directing choirs and orchestra for the communities and churches for many years, Joshua felt the need to explore and acquire relevant understanding of theology in order to sharpen his church work skills. Due to his excellent background in music and theology, he has been a frequent speaker in conferences and workshops on music in the US and also abroad in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Brazil, as well as S. E. Asia and Europe. He performs regularly as a Baritone soloist in concerts, directs choral/orchestral concerts and many music and video productions. He has served for over 20 years in four local Christian churches as music and worship director. He is active in many professional organizations such as MENC (Music Educators National Conference), NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing, ACDA American Choir Directors Association, MACCC (Music Association of California Community Colleges) and FACCC (Faculty Association of California Community Colleges). He is serving on the boards of CPAA (Chinese Performing Artists of America) and CGST (China Graduate School of Theology) .

Professor Joshua Law is active in many professional organizations such as MENC (Music Educators National Conference), NATS (National Association of Teaches of Singing, ACDA American Choir Directors Association, MACCC (Music Association of California Community Colleges) and FACCC (Faculty Association of California Community Coleges). He is serving on the boards of CPAA (Chinese Performing Artists of America) and CGST (China Graduate School of Theology) Joshua published J. Law's Music Slide Rule, Insight Press, 1995, J. Law's Music Slide Rule, Keyboard Edition, and A Study Guide to Music of East Asia, McGraw Hill, 1992. He has written and published numerous articles on music, church music and singing, which have been published in many Chinese and English journals and magazines. View his website at http://www.dorean.info

Joshua likes camping, and traveling and he spends a lot of time arranging music for himself to performs duets, trios and quartets with himself. He has produced many songs where he is a "one-man-band" which he uses to perform life with himself as vocal and instrumental soloist in concerts and churches.