A new music store and guitar repair shop in Talent seems to have hit if off with local customers, drawing more musicians and prospective musicians through the door in one day than it used to attract in a month at its prior location in Burns, Oregon.
In a collaboration that speaks volumes about Ashland’s community spirit, Rogue Valley Symphony will present two new pops concerts under the direction of conductor Martin Majkut at Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Angus Bowmer Theatre. Home for the Holidays, a pops concert, will be performed on the historic OSF stage this Dec. 15-16-17; and a Valentine’s Day pops concert will be presented on, yes, Feb. 14.
It’s safe to say Vienna has been waiting for a performance by the James M. Collier Siskiyou Violins for some time. Next summer, pending meeting of fundraising goals, the wait will be over. The Rogue Valley-based violinist group will compete on the world stage in the 2024 Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival.
Portland-based acoustic blues guitarist Terry Robb will perform Friday night at Talent Club.
An impressive array of Rogue Valley musicians and artists will gather Saturday, Aug. 19, in Mountain Avenue Theatre at Ashland High School to present music, a video documentary, photography, and first-hand accounts in a benefit concert for Ukrainian war relief.
Siskiyou Music Project, founded in 2001, will offer four summer and fall concerts to celebrate two decades of bringing world-class music to Ashland.
Cellist Daniel Sperry’s campaign to bring another musician to Lithia Park has raised enough funds to add a violinist, Kathleen Strahm. Additional funds for other projects will be raised at a concert featuring a newly formed piano quintet performing original music composed by Sperry, as well as pieces by the rock band Coldplay and by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, who wrote “Hallelujah.”
Solo guitarist David Rogers will perform from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at La Baguette Music Café, 340 “A” St., Suite 2, Ashland, playing a variety of songs from Bach to Beatles.
For a guy who’s retired, Tom Stamper stays busy. The Ashland drummer performs in and around town with a variety of jazz and blues bands, he teaches drumming and he creates pottery and other visual art. He’ll be performing soon with two different bands at the Bloomsbury Blends coffee shop and wine bar, where he has been a regular weekend player this year with a changing lineup of local jazz and blues musicians.
Two Riverdance stars and a celebrated international tuba soloist will be the guest artists at this year’s concerts presented by American Band College, held June 26 and July 4 in Ashland.
Obituary: It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Janet Ligon, after a brief illness. She will be greatly missed by all those who loved her. Janet had lived in Ashland since 1970.
Ask Strider: A reader asks whatever happened to Woody the Puppy Intern? Strider has news! Woody has landed on all four paws with a new gig. And Steve, the Ashland.news crossword editor, has a new canine crossword up for solving. The excitement is pupable!
The Oregon Legislature is meeting this week to consider some major cuts to current spending levels as a large revenue deficit looms. That’s because the state’s tax code automatically replicates new federal tax cuts, including ones passed by Congressional Republicans this summer that will reduce state revenue
Michael O’Looney: Trump and the Texas Legislature are responsible for a partisan power grab that has unleashed bitterness and partisan vindictiveness, all in an effort to subvert an electoral system for partisan ends.
Councilor Bob Kaplan: While the cost of delivering kilowatt-hours to our homes has risen, Ashland Electric has been able to hold our rates steady with just one increase of 5.1% in 2021. I’m sorry to say we’re due for an increase, but fortunately it’s not likely to match recent increases elsewhere.
An estimate for the cost to abate asbestos found in the shuttered Lincoln School recently should be available as early as sometime this week, according to Steve Mitzel, operations director for Ashland School District. The cost to remove asbestos would be separate from the as yet-unknown cost for structural repair.
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