Geoff Ridden
Classical Music Host | Jefferson Journal ContributorGeoff Ridden moved to Ashland in 2008, after retiring as a full-time academic in England, to join his wife, who teaches at SOU . He got in touch with JPR shortly after settling here, and has been a volunteer on the Classics and News service since 2009, hosting First Concert and Siskiyou Music Hall when the regular hosts are away. He also writes regularly for the Jefferson Journal.
Geoff has taught at SOU and works with groups attending the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has also performed with the Southern Oregon Repertory Singers and the Jefferson Baroque Orchestra. He writes reviews of the OSF's Shakespeare productions for the online journal Early Modern Literary Studies.
Geoff and his wife count themselves fortunate to have bases in Jackson County and in England -- that means that they can see their granddaughters regularly (if not as frequently as they would like).
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Play on! Shakespeare (POS) started in the fall of 2015 at OSF, with the aim of translating Shakespeare’s plays into contemporary English. -
After a period when it seemed that theatre might return after a relatively short break, we now know that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2020 season will not resume, and we wait to see when other, smaller companies (including orchestras and choirs which have also been forced to cancel performances) will be able to entertain us once more.
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I’m writing this article on March 17, 2020 St Patrick’s Day, and I am wearing green—but I’ll not be going to a pub today to celebrate.
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In this my second and final piece on Bill Rauch, I want to concentrate on his legacy. As he prepares to leave OSF, two of the initiatives begun during his…
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It was a sunny October afternoon when I arrived for my appointment with Bill Rauch. I was early and, as I waited, I saw Bill walk from the Admin building…
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As I write, the 2018 OSF season is drawing to its close, and a sad close at that. The heavy financial losses resulting from smoke-affected performances…
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“Snow in Midsummer?” said the lady at the box office as she handed me my tickets, adding “I wish!” And there was a certain irony in the fact that the…
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I’m not a great fan of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s adaptations of English novels. It is difficult to encompass the narrative scope of a novel in two…
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Richard Herskowitz is excited.The Artistic and Executive Director of the Ashland Independent Film Festival talks with energy and enthusiasm about the…
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Either you are early for the theatre performance or you have time during the intermission, and decide not to switch on your cell phone for those…
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There is a special pleasure in being in the audience for the opening of the Elizabethan Theatre at OSF. For many people, open air Shakespeare is the very…
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Gentle readers. Thank you so much for stopping by. I have been writing about plays and books for decades but, until this moment, only for academic…
