May 5, 2015 – This week our club was fortunate to receive an update on the annual Spoleto Festival USA from Nigel Redden. Redden, who graduated from Yale in 1972, has been associated with the festival for 25 of its 39 year history, serving for many years as the general manager of the festival and currently serving as General Director. As general director, Redden is responsible for all aspects of Spoleto USA from production and program decisions to fundraising and marketing. Redden joked that his wife often wonders how curious he is since he has held a position with the festival for such a long time, but he says the festival truly re-invents itself every year with the result that every year brings new and different challenges to his job. This year was no different as Spoleto learned just two weeks before the program was to be finalized that Gaillard Auditorium would not be available necessitating quick, last minute changes many aspects of the program. Continue reading “Nigel Redden: Spoleto Festival”
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