Do you have an event for me?
--I perform concerts
And
--I teach seminars with the topics of:
"UB's Intro to Barre Chording" : We'll use one chord shape and a fun song to get you started off with barre chords
"UB's Barre Chording 2" : You'll get more confident with barre chords while using 4 easy chord shapes to make a fun blues riff
"Efficient Chord Building" : Tips to eliminate hand gymnastics
"Beyond the ups and downs of Strums" : We'll learn some song elements (including rhythm techniques) that will help you get past DDUUD and incessant strumming
"Making friends with your Ear Worm" : Taking a nagging song in your head to making a song sheet
"Elements to make a song your Own" : How to take your favorite song up a level
and
"Music Box" : a fun way to learn to play arpeggios
--I lead play along sessions including gospel/hymn sessions
Events I have performed/taught at include:
Annual Northwoods Ukulele Festival (Spooner, WI) several times
Brown County Ukulele Fest, Nashville, IN
Cheezland Uke Band, LaCrosse, WI
Fayetteville Ukulele Club, Fayetteville, NC
Great Minnesota Uke Gathering
Hennepin Theatre Trust: 90th anniversary of historic Orpheum and State Theaters
Johnson County Ukulele Social Club, Le Claire, IA
Memphis Uke-N-Roll Jamboree 2022
Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob, Memphis, TN
Mid West Music Fest Ukulele Festival, Winona, MN
Mighty Uke Day 2017 featured performers stage, Lansing, MI
Prairie Jamboree Ukulele Festival, Winnipeg, MB
Raleigh Uke Jam, Raleigh, NC
Silver Creek international Ukulele Carnival (All of them)
South Florida Ukulele Fest, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Thomas St. Angelo Public Library, Cumberland, WI
Two Harbors Ukulele Group, Two Harbors, MN
UkeFest 2018, Minneapolis, MN hosted by Katy Vernon
WASSUP (Winter Ain't Stopipng Serious Uke Players) Midland MI.
2020 Fall Performers Showcase (Virtual Event) Gaithersburg Ukefest
-I give lessons in person or via FaceTime. If you've seen my seminars or YouTube tutorials you know I try to make the lessons fun and break the lessons into understandable bits. I'd like to teach you what you want to learn so you can apply your newly achieved skills to the songs you like to play.
If you are interested in me being a part of your event or would like to discuss lessons you can contact me by clicking here.
--I perform concerts
And
--I teach seminars with the topics of:
"UB's Intro to Barre Chording" : We'll use one chord shape and a fun song to get you started off with barre chords
"UB's Barre Chording 2" : You'll get more confident with barre chords while using 4 easy chord shapes to make a fun blues riff
"Efficient Chord Building" : Tips to eliminate hand gymnastics
"Beyond the ups and downs of Strums" : We'll learn some song elements (including rhythm techniques) that will help you get past DDUUD and incessant strumming
"Making friends with your Ear Worm" : Taking a nagging song in your head to making a song sheet
"Elements to make a song your Own" : How to take your favorite song up a level
and
"Music Box" : a fun way to learn to play arpeggios
--I lead play along sessions including gospel/hymn sessions
Events I have performed/taught at include:
Annual Northwoods Ukulele Festival (Spooner, WI) several times
Brown County Ukulele Fest, Nashville, IN
Cheezland Uke Band, LaCrosse, WI
Fayetteville Ukulele Club, Fayetteville, NC
Great Minnesota Uke Gathering
Hennepin Theatre Trust: 90th anniversary of historic Orpheum and State Theaters
Johnson County Ukulele Social Club, Le Claire, IA
Memphis Uke-N-Roll Jamboree 2022
Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob, Memphis, TN
Mid West Music Fest Ukulele Festival, Winona, MN
Mighty Uke Day 2017 featured performers stage, Lansing, MI
Prairie Jamboree Ukulele Festival, Winnipeg, MB
Raleigh Uke Jam, Raleigh, NC
Silver Creek international Ukulele Carnival (All of them)
South Florida Ukulele Fest, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Thomas St. Angelo Public Library, Cumberland, WI
Two Harbors Ukulele Group, Two Harbors, MN
UkeFest 2018, Minneapolis, MN hosted by Katy Vernon
WASSUP (Winter Ain't Stopipng Serious Uke Players) Midland MI.
2020 Fall Performers Showcase (Virtual Event) Gaithersburg Ukefest
-I give lessons in person or via FaceTime. If you've seen my seminars or YouTube tutorials you know I try to make the lessons fun and break the lessons into understandable bits. I'd like to teach you what you want to learn so you can apply your newly achieved skills to the songs you like to play.
If you are interested in me being a part of your event or would like to discuss lessons you can contact me by clicking here.
Here is a picture of me teaching at the
2nd Annual Northwoods Ukulele Festival
in Spooner, Wisconsin. I was teaching
"Efficient Chord Building"
(Tips to eliminate hand gymnastics).
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Here you see a summary video I made for a couple of my on line students. We had an hour long live video lesson on finger picking in 3/4 time to add variety to a song they were working on. They encouraged me to share it with others because they enjoy the way that I teach. |