Meredith Coloma
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Meredith Coloma is a Canadian musician and luthier from Vancouver.
Born in Vancouver,[1] Coloma grew up in Canada, Chile and Taiwan.[2] She attended the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City.[3] At just 16, she was touring as a professional musician and began to take note of how important the construction of the instruments was.[1] By the time she turned 19, she had already apprenticed under professional luthiers, including Roger Sadowsky.[1][4]
Coloma went on to start her own guitar-making business in Vancouver.[1] She has earned recognition for entering the male-dominated field of guitar-making as a young, queer BIPOC woman.[5][1][4] She is known for her handcrafted gypsy jazz guitars, mandolins, violins, ukuleles, acoustic guitars and electric guitars.[6][4]
A singer-songwriter, Coloma was a finalist in the 2012 International Songwriting Competition in Nashville.[3] She is a co-founder of the Vancouver International Guitar Festival.[7][8]
