8521 Allentown Pike - Blandon - PA 19510
610-916-1285
Tue: 10-8 Wed - Thu: 10-7 Fri: 10-6. Sat: 10-4
Fine stringed & fretted instruments - Expert repair & instruction
A little about us...
Meadowood Music, a wonderful stringed instrument specialty shop, begUn as the dream of husband & wife, Mike & Paula. In 1995, the couple conceived of a music store where excellent service & products are the norm, a place where people make & share music, a store that offers high quality musical gear at great prices. In 2000, they opened Meadowood in Kutztown PA. In 2005, they moved the store to its current location on route 222 in Blandon, PA.
The store offers more than instruments & accessories. Meadowood offers expert repair & restoration of all stringed instruments. Mike builds and restores violins & is an authorized Martin Guitar warrantee service technician. A cadre of fine musicians offer high quality musical instruction at Meadowood.
Meadowood offers this website as a way for people near & far to visit the store on-line. It shows the store inventory (we do our best to keep it current) & provides info that's useful to both amateur & professional musicians & music lovers: care tips for stringed instruments, links to websites that promote live music, contacts for local musicians, info & links for workshops, camps, schools, festivals, radio stations & links to manufacturers that supply Meadowood with its fine wares.
Mike & Paula would love to hear from you. You can reach them through the 'Contact' link in the menu at the top of this page. You can visit them in person at the store, or call during business hours. You can track special events and day-to-day activities at Meadowood with the calendar of events at the top of this page & on the Meadowood Music FaceBook page. You can subscribe to Meadowood's e-newsletter through the form below.
News and Happenings
TWO WONDERFUL TEACHERS NEW TO MEADOWOOD
Updated 3/8/23
Ramón Guerra - violin, viola, cello, bass, bass guitar
talented violinist (fiddler), violist, cellist, and bassist will be teaching at Meadowood on Wednesdays 2-7 PM and Thursday 3-7 PM, and is accepting new students now.
Ramón teaches beginning through master violin, viola, cello, bass, and bass guitar. He loves and plays many styles of music including Classical and Folk. He teaches all ages, but has vast experience teaching and conducting young string players.
Born in Bolivar City, Venezuela, Ramón is considered to be the musical ambassador of the country, probably because of is extensive involvement with international youth orchestras and the National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela (since 1986).
He's performed concerts in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, contributed to recordings, and has directed numerous Orchestras in Venezuela [Simon Bolivar del Tachira, Chacao Youth Symphony, Venezuela Metal Ensemble, El Tigre Youth Symphony, Anzoategui Metropolitan Philharmonic, Ciudad Bolivar Children and Youth Symphony, Antonio Lauro Bolivar State Symphony, Yaracuy Youth Symphony, Edo Youth Symphony. Lara, Youth Symphony Angel Mottola of Anzoategui State] and in other countries [Orchestra of the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo (Mexico), Youth Symphony of Boa Vista (Brazil), Children and Youth Symphony of Trujillo, Chimbote and Barro (Peru), String Ensemble of Medellin (Colombia), String Ensemble of Cochabamba (Bolivia), Ensambles and Orchestras of: Tlaxcala, Oaxaca, puebla, Celaya, Naucalpan, Cuernavaca, Hidalgo, T epotzotlan, Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico Ybarte del Norte, T ampico, Morelia, Chihuahua, Querétaro, Baja California, (Mexico)].
We are so excited to have him join us!
Aidan Lauzon - piano, guitar, bass guitar
Aidan is a graduate of the Capital Area School for the Arts Charter School in Harrisburg and of Slippery Rock University where he earned his Bachelor’s of Music in Music Therapy. He is a Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC).
Aidan has spent the last decade immersed in the music scene across Pennsylvania, both in school and playing solo acoustic gigs, in rock/blues/funk bands, and recording with a jazz big band.
Aidan enjoys playing and teaching music of all styles and genres, and is eager to share that passion with his students. He is a firm believer that learning a musical instrument is a life-changing endeavor that naturally integrates into our day-to-day and enriches us as humans.
Aidan accepts students of all ages from beginning to advanced intermediate on guitar and bass guitar and beginning piano. He is here on Friday afternoons and evenings, and will be adding other days as his Friday studio fills
We are so very glad to have Aidan at Meadowood.
LEARN TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT
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Updated 8/2/22
Our wonderful instructors offer in-person and virtual instruction on a wide array of instruments (teacher biographies and list of lessons offered HERE). If you or your child would like to learn to play an instrument, CLICK HERE to sign up NOW!
THE BLUEGRASS JAM IS BACK AT MEADOWOOD
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROSITY OF TRINITY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP!
Updated 3/3/23
The Bluegrass jam temporarily moved to Trinity Bible Fellowship Churchn Blandon, BUT HAS RETURNED HOME TO OUR STORE EVERY TUESDAY. Thanks Trinity (https://www.facebook.com/TrinityBFC) for making a large room available to Meadowood Music's Bluegrass Jam during COVID!
FLY WITH YOUR INSTRUMENT IN ALL 50 STATES
FAA MODERNIZATION AND REFORM ACT OF 2012
Federal Law Requires Airlines to Allow Musical Instruments on Planes
Updated: 1/19/18
Thank the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), for lobbying Congress (for many years) to get legislation that protects musicians who travel by air with their instruments. Acccording to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, musicians may carry an instrument onto the cabin of an aircraft if the instrument can be stowed safely in one of the approved carry-on locations, and there is still space for the instrument at the time the passenger boards. This ruling means that musicians need to board as early as possible to ensure that there's space. For more details about how to board early and what to do if an instrument is too large for carry-on storage, read on.
WHERE MEADOWOOD'S TEACHERS PERFORM
GREAT TEACHERS & GREAT MUSICIANS - WHERE THEY PLAY
Date updated: 1/22/21
Everyone's performing schedule has been devastated by COVID issues. Please visit our teachers' websites linked on the next page for updates.
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