Angela Wellman on Clubhouse

Bio

Angela M. Wellman is an award-winning musician, scholar, educator, and activist from Kansas City, Missouri. She is the founder of the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music which centers blackness in the development of American musical culture and identity. The Conservatory provides quality, affordable music education for underserved and under-resourced populations. As a professional trombonist, Angela has performed with the McCoy Tyner Big Band, Joe Williams, Al Grey, Slide Hampton, and other noted musicians. Angela is a recipient of national, state, and city Arts awards. Among these awards is the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Study Fellowship for study with trombonist, Steve Turre. In 2016 Angela received the Cultural Key to the City of Oakland, CA. She is also a recipient of the 2018 Jazz Hero Award from the Jazz Journalists Association. Angela is presently completing her dissertation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research explores the impact of racism and white supremacy on access to music education for Black students.