Events

• February 7 | Lesson 1: Intro to the Ukulele
• February 21 | Lesson 2: First Chords
• March 7 | Lesson 3: Adding the G Chord
• March 21 | Lesson 4: Dm Chord
• April 4 | Lesson 5: Strumming Patterns
• April 18 | Lesson 6: 7th Chords
• May 2 | Lesson 7: Questions, Clarifications, Review
• May 16 | Lesson 8: End of Year Showcase

About this event

Here’s a really fun and useful way to learn the blues by putting your phone to work for you! Just park it in airplane mode and Daniel will teach you a simple Chicago 12 bar blues progression, show you how to solo over it with the easy pentatonic scale, and then show you how to lay down your own rhythm track to jam with using your phone as a helpful music companion.

About the teacher

Born in Los Alamos NM, Daniel holds degrees in classical guitar and composition. As a guitarist, he toured with flamenco dance troupes Yjastros, Dance España, and Maria Benitez, the heavy metal vaudeville band Skümbaag, and went around the world with nouveau flamenco sensation Ottmar Liebert.In the past five years he has enjoyed performing and teaching at ukulele festivals in England, Canada, Mexico, China and all across the United States. He is a contributing editor at Ukulele Magazine, where his instructional videos and lessons are a perennial favorite. His best-selling book of studies for the ukulele, “Arpeggio Meditations for Ukulele” has become standard repertoire in the ukulele world. http://www.danielward.net/

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.

• February 7 | Lesson 1: Intro to the Ukulele
• February 21 | Lesson 2: First Chords
• March 7 | Lesson 3: Adding the G Chord
• March 21 | Lesson 4: Dm Chord
• April 4 | Lesson 5: Strumming Patterns
• April 18 | Lesson 6: 7th Chords
• May 2 | Lesson 7: Questions, Clarifications, Review
• May 16 | Lesson 8: End of Year Showcase

About this event

Join Cali as she reviews the fundamentals of fingerpicking! This class will explore various thumb and fingerpicking patterns, play them with different songs, and explore playing modified chord melodies.

About the teacher

Cali is a full-time performer, award-winning songwriter and recording artist, and ukulele teacher. She currently teaches several ukulele classes, private students, and is the head of The CC Strummers, a ukulele group based in Culver City, California. Cali’s CD, “Are You Having Any Fun?” features her ukulele picking and was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album in the Hawaii Music Awards. Her most recent ukulele CD, “Smile, Smile, Smile,” showcases her catchy, feel good original songs.

*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.

• February 7 | Lesson 1: Intro to the Ukulele
• February 21 | Lesson 2: First Chords
• March 7 | Lesson 3: Adding the G Chord
• March 21 | Lesson 4: Dm Chord
• April 4 | Lesson 5: Strumming Patterns
• April 18 | Lesson 6: 7th Chords
• May 2 | Lesson 7: Questions, Clarifications, Review
• May 16 | Lesson 8: End of Year Showcase

• February 7 | Lesson 1: Intro to the Ukulele
• February 21 | Lesson 2: First Chords
• March 7 | Lesson 3: Adding the G Chord
• March 21 | Lesson 4: Dm Chord
• April 4 | Lesson 5: Strumming Patterns
• April 18 | Lesson 6: 7th Chords
• May 2 | Lesson 7: Questions, Clarifications, Review
• May 16 | Lesson 8: End of Year Showcase