Melissa Ghiglieri I was born and raised in the Rogue Valley and am currently an art student at Southern Oregon University. After spending three and a half years in pre-medical studies, I decided to turn my passion for art into a career and switched to an art degree. My main mediums are oil painting and...
The Ed Dunsavage Trio was voted Favorite Jazz Group in the Ashland 2012 & 2014 Sneak Preview Readers Poll. Guitarist Ed Dunsavage has been performing regularly around the Pacific Northwest for 22 years. Ed has shared the stage with many wonderful artists including vocalists Bernadette Peters, Greta Matassa, Beth Baker & Leslie Kendall, guitarists Mimi Fox...
The Rogue Rage Duo is Harpo De Roma and guitar and dobro player Dan Tiller. They play some country-blues, but mostly Delta Blues. Dan sings and plays slide Dobro and guitar using open tunings. Self-taught, he’s lived in the Rogue Valley all of his life. Harpo says, “Dan is such a great player that he...
Grant Ruiz has played classical guitar from the age of ten and is now an active flamenco guitarist and teacher in Southern Oregon. He has studied in Spain and participated in many productions at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He is an adjunct guitar instructor at SOU and president of the Jefferson Classical Guitar Society. Dan Fellman...
David Scoggin has been in the Rogue Valley for 15 years after music careers in Minneapolis and the San Francisco Bay Area. He has played with Bo Diddley, Charmaine Neville, West Coast musicians Brandon Fields, Dan Balmer, Jeff Pevar and has recorded at Prince’s Paisley Park studio with the Steele Family and others. David has...
Jeff Stanley is an International singer-songwriter sharing residencies between the States and Australia. He has also performed in Indonesia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, and Africa. Jeff has opened for many famous performers such as Michael Franti and Spearhead, Peter Frampton, Buddy Guy and Heart just to name a few! He wrote and recorded the soundtrack...
OPUS 3 is a unique, interactive jazz piano trio that takes unusual material and makes new jazz arrangements and vehicles for improvisation from it. They play David Scoggin’s original compositions, jazz classics by Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, and Duke Ellington; lots of or original jazz arrangements of newer Brazilian music by Djavan, Ivan Lins, and...
Formed in early 2013 shortly after Paul Turnipseed’s arrival in Southern Oregon, The Paul Turnipseed Trio has been playing jazz with a New Orleans flavor for nearly two years here in the Rouge Valley. Comprised of Turnipseed on guitar and vocals, Jeff Addicott on acoustic bass, and Mike Fitch on drums, the trio explores various...
