He studied piano with his mother, and later clarinet.

In his youth he studied music with his mother.

From that time she was schooled in the large home library, and studied with her mother.

He studied piano with his mother and was educated in Montreal.

She studied violin with her mother beginning at age two and ten months.

As a child he studied piano with his mother.

Mechem began studying piano with his mother at an early age but was more interested in sports.

She studied piano with her mother and became a piano teacher herself at the age of 17.

A few months later she started studying the piano with her mother.

At a young age his family settled in Saskatoon where he first studied with his mother.