Mike Andrews
Teaches at Meadowood: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri & Sat
Mike Andrews is one of Meadowood’s proprietors and teaches beginning through intermediate mandolin, as well as beginning guitar and ukulele. He performs regularly in the acoustic duo Mike & Paula with his wife, Paula Taylor, and appears on the Druckenmiller Family’s recording Morning Star.
Mike has studied mandolin with acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Robin Bullock and studied music theory at the Peabody Institute. His guitar and additional theory studies were with Gene Cullison.
In his teaching, Mike combines traditional method books with demonstration, listening, and guided practice to help students develop both music-reading and aural skills. His playing background is rooted in folk and bluegrass mandolin traditions.
Watch Mike and Paula perform two tunes for a 2020 program by the Santa Cruz Guitar Company.
Students visit Meadowood Music from communities throughout Berks County and the Lehigh Valley — including Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Kutztown, Fleetwood, and Boyertown — for private music lessons. We also sometimes have students who travel to us from places as distant as Lancaster, Harrisburg, the Philadelphia area, and occasionally from New Jersey, New York City, Baltimore, and Washington DC.