Alan Mearns, Guitar Virtuoso in Concert

​Guitar Virtuoso Alan Mearns in concert

with a Prelude performance by Meezahn Kemal

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Alan Mearns began musical studies on the classical violin at age five, switching to the guitar at ten. After moving to the U.S. in his late teens, Mearns studied guitar with Douglas James at Appalachian State University under the prestigious Fletcher Scholarship and with Stanley Yates at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn.

Prelude performer Meezahn Kemal

John Dowland:  My Lady Hunsdon's Allemande (Poulton 54)
Dušan Bogdanović:  Secrets Nos. 3 and 7
J.K. Mertz:  Nocturne Op. 4 No. 1

Meezahn Kemal, age 15, has performed in numerous recitals, including at the 2024 Summer Guitar Workshop at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied both solo and ensemble repertoire under David Tanenbaum, Marc Teicholz, and Meng Su. Meezahn has been a student for six years under Bradly Pupa at the California Conservatory of Music. Outside the guitar, Meezahn is a high-school sophomore in Redwood City and has sung in his school choir and been on his school’s cross-country and track teams.