Twin brothers Aaron and Boaz Mecham on graduation day at SUNY Fredonia.

The Hannah Hasbrouck Petersen Memorial Concert Series is pleased to announce a concert by two of Chautauqua County’s most talented and engaging young artists, Aaron and Boaz Mecham. The performance will take place on Sunday at 4 p.m., in the Fredonia First Methodist Church. The church is located at 25 Church St. in Fredonia, across from Barker Commons.

This past semester, 19-year-old twin brothers Aaron and Boaz Mecham of Jamestown made history as the youngest graduates of SUNY Fredonia School of Music. Both earned their Bachelor of Music degrees in Performance on both piano and violin, summa cum laude. They were also awarded the prestigious President’s Award for Excellence in recognition of their extraordinary achievements and dedication to the arts. Aaron and Boaz will be leaving on Monday to pursue Masters Degrees in Historical Performance at the Oberlin Conservatory.

The Mechams began violin at age 5 with the Suzuki program in the Jamestown Public Schools, studied piano with the legendary Helga Hulse, and trained in ballet with Monika Alch at the Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet. They made their orchestral debut at age 10 with the Warren Civic Orchestra, and continued to perform and win competitions throughout their youth. At 15, they entered the Fredonia School of Music, where they studied violin with Professor Jessica Tong and piano with Father Sean Duggan, OSB.

Over this summer, Aaron and Boaz performed widely across the region, featured as organists at Lily Dale and Chautauqua, and in workshops in Hunter, N.Y., Toronto, and a chamber music boot camp at Harvard. They will conclude their summer with a farewell concert at the Fredonia First Methodist Church at 4. The performance will feature music from five centuries: everything from Early Baroque to contemporary works, including collaborations with Fredonia-based composer Nakai Weeks.

This concert is presented by the Hannah Hasbrouck Petersen Memorial Series, and is free to the public. Donations are gratefully accepted, and will help Aaron and Boaz to pay for grad school.

Fredonia First Methodist Church is handicapped accessible and welcomes all! For more information about the concert, call 716 640-1559.