Type Private Headquarters San Jose, California | Founded 1964 Key people Don Kong, Owner | |
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Industry Musical Instruments, Music Education Products Musical instruments, Recording equipment and accessories | ||
Music Village is one of the oldest, continuing music store and education chains in San Jose, California, with two stores in the city.
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History
Joe Teixeira opened Music Village in 1964, as he saw that there was an opportunity to sell musical instruments to his music students. The first store opened in the Cambrian Park, California neighborhood, and has been the go-to music store in the region since then, followed by a second one at the Santa Teresa, San Jose, California neighborhood, which opened in the 1970s.
According to its first owner's testimony to the NAMM Show, Music Village was instrumental in keeping music alive in the region when California Proposition 13 (1978) passed, as it dramatically reduced the funding public schools received, cutting the music budget. Music Village would at the time provide music teachers to schools, so they could keep their music programs alive.