Boaz Mecham and Aaron Mecham will be playing a piano duet on Saturday at 8 p.m. in King Concert Hall

Jamestown residents Boaz Mecham and Aaron Mecham will be playing a piano duet on Saturday at 8 p.m. in King Concert Hall at SUNY Fredonia. The duo will play two movements from the Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos alongside the full College Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Emily Schaad.

The two students have won the SUNY Fredonia Concerto Competition last semester, which rewarded them with the opportunity to play with the full college orchestra this semester.

Both gentlemen indicated that for them the event is a tribute to their piano teacher, the late Helga Hulse to whom they were the last two students in her studio. During her last few years the young gentlemen spent countless hours with Mrs. Hulse having open ended piano lessons, sharing life stories, and basking in each others’ company.

Credit is due to their current piano Professor at SUNY Fredonia, Father Sean Duggan who prepared them to win the competition and to play in the upcoming concert. At the end of her life Helga transferred the young gentlemen to Professor Sean Duggan who was Hulse’s teacher and a longtime acquaintance.

Boaz and Aaron are seventeen years old in their junior year at SUNY Fredonia and are working on their double major degrees in piano and violin performance. In 2019 they were the winners of the 10th season of “Chautauqua’s Got Talent” competition held at the Spire Theater in Jamestown.

The event is free and all are welcome.