Wednesday, 3/14/2025, 9am - A Morning Cup of Jazz with Jayn Pettingill - Women's History Month Special

Dr. Angela M. Wellman is an award-winning musician, scholar, educator, and activist. As a third-generation musician, Wellman has performed with many noted musicians, such as the McCoy Tyner Big Band, Joe Williams, and Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is a recipient of multiple local and national awards, including the City of Oakland's “Cultural Key to the City,” the Jazz Journalists Association’s Jazz Hero Award, the Arhoolie Award, and the 2020 Caffie M. Greene Community Building Award from UPSurge! NY, the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Study Fellowship, the 2021 Alameda County Arts Leadership Award, and the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Beacon Award from the International Women’s Brass Conference. Dr Wellman is also recipient of the 2023 Icons Among Us Award from the Black Joy Parade and an inductee in Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame-2023 Dr Wellman is the founding director of the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music in Oakland which provides music education for people in urban areas and is unique in serving predominantly black and brown youth. OPC is part of a broader agenda to build a national network of Public Conservatories with a unified teaching philosophy and teaching practices that engender equity, belonging, and empathy through music. In 2005, since she founded Oakland Public Conservatory, OPC has delivered masterclasses, performances, workshops, and community events by local and international artists. Dr Wellman has spent her whole life in music as a professional trombonist, teacher, and music education activist, focusing on ensuring that African American students have access to high-caliber music instruction.