Meredith Coloma is a Canadian musician and
luthier
A luthier ( ; AmE also ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box. The word "luthier" is originally French and comes from the French word for lute. The term was originally used for makers o ...
from
Vancouver.
Born in Vancouver,
Coloma grew up in Canada, Chile and Taiwan. She attended the
Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City.
As a teenager, she apprenticed under professional luthiers, including
Roger Sadowsky.
Coloma went on to start her own guitar-making business in Vancouver.
She has earned recognition for entering the male-dominated field of guitar-making as a young woman.
She is known for her handcrafted
gypsy jazz guitars,
mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...
s,
violins,
ukuleles,
acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...
s and
electric guitars.
A singer-songwriter, Coloma was a finalist in the 2012
International Songwriting Competition
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC), founded in 2002, is an annual songwriting contest for both amateur and professional songwriters. There is no physical event to attend as the competition is held online, and anyone in the world can en ...
in Nashville.
She is a co-founder of the Vancouver International Guitar Festival.
References
Living people
Canadian luthiers
Musicians from Vancouver
Canadian women guitarists
Canadian musical instrument makers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Women instrument makers
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