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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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…
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The thought of reviewing the range of non-professional theatre in the Rogue Valley, and pondering the question of what community theatre might be, has…
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2013 proved to be a difficult year for me because several of my friends passed away, in England and here in the state of Jefferson. Among those I lost in…
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JPR music hosts take a stab identifying standout recordings of 2013.Don Matthews | Classical Music Director & Host First ConcertMy selections for the best…
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You may find this hard to believe, but I did actually study music in my youth. It was the principal focus of my academic work until I was in my late…