‘Keys across america’

Narrative Musicale s next show, Keys Across America, in Naples on Thursday, Aug. 20, features Mackenzie Melemed. -COURTESY PHOTO Grand Piano Series’ next event, “Keys Across America” with pianist Mackenzie Melemed on Thursday, Aug. 20, is the Series’ contribution to the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. At 31, Melemed is a bit old to be considered a prodigy, but he did start young and continues to be a prodigious showman. His grandfather bought him a $1 yard-sale keyboard when Mackenzie was three, his parents signed him up for lessons at the local Steinway dealer, and he was on his way. By the time he was five, the kid was playing piano and calling bingo numbers at central Massachusetts senior centers, happy to be paid in ice cream, happier still to be schmoozing with the seniors. At eight, he portrayed another prodigy — the young Mozart — in the Discovery Channel series “Medical Mystery.” Before he was 12, he had 500 concerts under his belt, including headlining at the age