Beatrice Cole, with Mary Catherine Reynolds and Louise Goldberg, will treat jazz fans of all ages to a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7 at the historic Santa Fe Depot, 200 S. Jones Ave.

The concert is produced and sponsored by The Performing Arts Studio and Jazz in June.

A native of Crescent, Cole received her early formal training from Joan Dodd Jones and her local church.  Her public performances began as lead vocalist for such groups as The Impacts, Beatrice & The Beginnings, and Rumors Band.

Known for singing jazz, blues, pop and standards, Cole has performed at a number of metro-area venues, including Nikz, Makers Cigar & Piano Lounge and Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse.  She won the Jazz in June vocal contest in 1987 and has been recognized by the Pioneer Woman Museum as one of Oklahoma’s leading women artists.

Reynolds and Goldberg also are known as the duo Miss Brown to You.  Reynolds is a classically trained vocalist and instrumentalist who plays guitar, bass and saxophone.  A resident of Oklahoma City, Reynolds also plays in The Sisters of Swing band and participates in traditional, country, jazz and pop music projects.

Goldberg, who holds music degrees from Boston University and Oklahoma City University, has performed jazz, reggae, Latin, rock and folk music.
 
A music director for numerous shows at Carpenter Square Theatre in Oklahoma City and the Pollard Theatre in Guthrie, she recently worked on Oklahoma City Theatre Company’s production of “Always, Patsy Cline” at the Civic Center Music Hall.

For more information about the jazz concert and other PAS programs call (405) 307-9320.

Jazz concerts at the PAS are made possible in part by grants from the Norman Arts Council, Oklahoma Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts.