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Oakland Public Conservatory of Music Youth Programs include Afterschool Jazz, Afterschool Jazz for Girls, Black Girls Play, and a Summer Music Academy. The broader program offerings also include Adult Classes and the Black Banjo & Fiddle Fellowship, along with masterclasses, performances, workshops, and community events.
• Schedule: Office hours Monday–Thursday 10am–5pm and Friday 10am–3pm
Music Is eXtraordinary (MIX), which founded the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, was founded in 2001 by musician and educator Angela M. Wellman, and became a 501c3 non-profit in 2004 before opening the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music in 2005. The Oakland Public Conservatory of Music states that it is dedicated to providing affordable, high-caliber, rigorous, culturally resonant music education that preserves Oakland’s vibrant musical heritage. OPC’s programs celebrate, preserve, and extend the musical heritage of the people of Oakland and the broader Bay Area and provide affordable, culturally sustaining experiences for people of all ages. Since 2005, Oakland Public Conservatory has delivered masterclasses, performances, workshops, and community events by local and international artists, and has hosted artists including the Count Basie Orchestra, Slide Hampton, Sam Burtis, Sonny Bravo, Steve Turre, Ronnie Daliyo, Branice McKenzie, John Santos, Airto Moreira, Marcus Shelby, Juan Medrano Cotito, Rhiannon Giddens and the Carolina Chocolate Drops, and professional musicians living in the Bay Area.
Upon invitation by the United States Embassy in Peru, the Frederick Douglass Youth Ensemble represented the United States in the First Festival of Music and Dance of African Descendants in Lima, Peru. In 2016, founding director Angela Wellman was presented with the Cultural Key to the City of Oakland by Mayor Libby Schaff. Oakland Public Conservatory 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. One parent, Rhona T, shared that “OPC has helped my daughter grow not just as a musician, but in her confidence as a person... she has grown a love for music, learning, and dedication to her craft.”
Last updated June 21, 2026.
• Schedule: Office hours Monday–Thursday 10am–5pm and Friday 10am–3pm
Music Is eXtraordinary (MIX), which founded the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, was founded in 2001 by musician and educator Angela M. Wellman, and became a 501c3 non-profit in 2004 before opening the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music in 2005. The Oakland Public Conservatory of Music states that it is dedicated to providing affordable, high-caliber, rigorous, culturally resonant music education that preserves Oakland’s vibrant musical heritage. OPC’s programs celebrate, preserve, and extend the musical heritage of the people of Oakland and the broader Bay Area and provide affordable, culturally sustaining experiences for people of all ages. Since 2005, Oakland Public Conservatory has delivered masterclasses, performances, workshops, and community events by local and international artists, and has hosted artists including the Count Basie Orchestra, Slide Hampton, Sam Burtis, Sonny Bravo, Steve Turre, Ronnie Daliyo, Branice McKenzie, John Santos, Airto Moreira, Marcus Shelby, Juan Medrano Cotito, Rhiannon Giddens and the Carolina Chocolate Drops, and professional musicians living in the Bay Area.
Upon invitation by the United States Embassy in Peru, the Frederick Douglass Youth Ensemble represented the United States in the First Festival of Music and Dance of African Descendants in Lima, Peru. In 2016, founding director Angela Wellman was presented with the Cultural Key to the City of Oakland by Mayor Libby Schaff. Oakland Public Conservatory 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. One parent, Rhona T, shared that “OPC has helped my daughter grow not just as a musician, but in her confidence as a person... she has grown a love for music, learning, and dedication to her craft.”
Last updated June 21, 2026.
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