Learn how to play the ukulele in a new, simple way! About this event This class will demonstrate the very simple & effective ukulele songbook that has been used for the past decade to teach thousands of adult & pediatric patients at Duke University Hospital. The teaching method uses an open tuning and a color-coded songbook. The songbook contains 55 public domain songs and will be sent to all participants! About the Teacher William Dawson is the Musician In Residence at Duke University Hospital. He studied Music at The University of Memphis and Elementary Education at North Carolina Central University (Summa Cum Laude). He has been performing & teaching music to patients, families, and staff at UNC and Duke Hospitals since 2009. *If you are not one of our UKC Kids or families, please consider a contribution to help support the donation of ukuleles to medically fragile children and teens as well as the new UKC At Home program, providing ukulele resources and music therapy groups to patients once they are discharged home from the hospital. Our goal is to always keep our UKC Academy classes free of charge for our UKC Kids, families, & supporters, and your generous contributions can help us continue that tradition and continue recruiting amazing instructors! Through the donation of ukuleles and support of music therapy, we give the gift of music for life.