Southern Miss Faculty Ensemble, Promenade to Perform

HATTIESBURG -- University of Southern Mississippi faculty Baroque ensemble, Promenade, will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at Parkway Heights United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg.

Formed in 1997 by faculty artists in the School of Music at Southern Miss, the ensemble of Patricia Malone (oboe), Alexander Russakovsky (cello), Danilo Mezzadri (flute), and Dana Ragsdale (harpsichord), shares a depth of professional experience as soloists and ensemble players, as well as a passion for Baroque music.

The evening’s program includes works by Georg Friedrich Handel, Francois Couperin, Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, Pietro Locatelli and Johann David Heinichen.

Malone is professor of oboe and serves as principal oboist with the Mobile (Ala.) and Meridian Symphonies as well as the Mobile Opera Orchestra.  Russakovsky is assistant professor of cello and founding member of the Jerusalem Academy String Quartet.

Mezzadri, a Brazilian flutist and assistant professor, is a founding member of the Quarteto Brasilis and has given international tours and recorded a CD featuring South American music for flute and strings.  Ragsdale, professor of harpsichord and piano, also directs Southern Arts Pro Musica, a group dedicated to the performance and study of early music.