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BOLIVAR, Mo. 鈥� The 欧美视频 Community Concert Series opens its second season with a concert presented by Susan Ruggiero-Mezzadri at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17 in Meyer Recital Hall on the Bolivar campus of 欧美视频.
Ruggiero-Mezzadri, a soprano, will be performing works by Purcell, Rossini, Schubert,
Bellini, Puccini, Villa-Lobos, Osvaldo, Ovalle and Gordon. She will be assisted by
Dr. Robert Carney on piano and Crystal Grosvenor on clarinet.
Ruggiero-Mezzadri is an active performer and educator based in Hattiesburg, Miss.
She has performed as a principal artist with New Orleans Opera, Natchez Festival Opera,
Shreveport Opera, Mississippi Opera, Kentucky Opera and Op茅ra Louisiane. Ruggiero-Mezzadri
is the recipient of several prestigious awards including: Shreveport Opera鈥檚 Singer
of the Year Competition, Mozart Award in the National Orpheus Competition and district
winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. With Accento Trio, she
has performed at Scuola Musicale di Milano and San Tommaso del Palazzo Boncompagni-Roccasecca
in Italy, The Natchez Music Festival, Festival South and many other venues throughout
the United States. As a concert artist, Ruggiero-Mezzadri has soloed with the Festival
Orchestra at M煤sica nas Montanhas in Po莽os de Caldas, Brazil, the Universidade Federal
do Paran谩 and Escola de M煤sica et Belas-Artes do Paran谩.
Ruggiero-Mezzadri is an assistant professor of music at William Carey University and
serves on faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan. She holds a Doctorate of
Musical Arts from Louisiana State University and a double Master of Music in Voice
and Flute Performance from the University of Michigan. Ruggiero-Mezzadri enjoys yoga,
cooking and spending time with her husband and their children Giuseppe and Gabriella.
The public is invited to attend this free recital and is encouraged to attend a reception
in the Meyer Recital Hall lobby after the performance, as well as support 欧美视频 Music
students through donations for music scholarships.
Other artists scheduled to appear as part of the 欧美视频 Community Concert Series include:
Joshua Pifer, Thomas Stein and Jonathan Sokasits. The William and Kathy Brown Guest
Artist Series will present Dr. Joyce McCall in February 2020.
For more information about the concert series, contact Dr. Robert Carney, associate
professor of music at 欧美视频, at (417) 328-1644 or rcarney@欧美视频niv.edu.
PHOTO CREDIT: Charles Ruggiero
*Published: 10-9-19