BriefingWolfson Campus

Jazz At Wolfson Presents Veteran Recording Artist Dick Oatts

Traveling orchestral and jazz performer Dick Oatts will participate in the Jazz at Wolfson Presents concert series on Nov. 1. 

The performance will be at noon at the Wolfson Campus auditorium, 300 N.E second Ave, in Room 1261.

Oatts, who has recorded six CDs  with SteepleChase Records, has a 46 year career as a professional jazz, orchestra and global performer.

This is Oatts first time performing for Jazz At Wolfson. According to Mark Small, who oversees the Jazz at Wolfson programming, Oatts hopes to inspire students using his experience as a performer and musician.

He has collaborated with renowned vocalists such as James Taylor and Paquito D’rivera and established bands like Vanguard Jazz and Carnegie Hall. 

The event is free and open to the public and will be livestreamed. For more information, contact Mark Small at msmall@mdc.edu.

Benjamin Vera

Benjamin Vera, 19, is a mass communication/journalism major at Kendall Campus. Vera graduated from G. Holmes Braddock High School in 2022 and will serve as staff writer at The Reporter during the 2024-25 school year.

Benjamin Vera has 16 posts and counting. See all posts by Benjamin Vera