Classes are for students 18+ unless otherwise noted.
Fees are for one adult and one child unless otherwise noted. Please register under adult’s name.
Classes for high school students
Beginning: Starting with tuning and holding your ukulele, learn the basics quickly and start playing songs you love right away. Simple chords will have you sounding great after just one class. Soon you’ll have a repertoire of popular songs from many genres. Find ukulele chord charts, strum and sing at the same time, and strum rhythmically with confidence. For absolute beginners only.
Continuing: Keep building your chord vocabulary including barre chords while we strum rhythms across a variety of genres and enhance your strumming with cool percussive techniques. We’ll practice switching chords more quickly and also explore fingerstyle uke with tablature for plucking cool rhythmic patterns and some recognizable riffs and melodies. For those with some experience who are comfortable strumming up and down.
Please note: Bring your own ukulele. A clip-on tuner is recommended but not required.
Amy Kucharik [/kuh-CHAR-ick/] is an award-winning songwriter and ukuleleist who has played the ukulele as her primary instrument for more than a decade. In addition to teaching private lessons and weekly classes, Amy teaches and performs at ukulele workshops throughout New England. She headlined Rochester’s Flower City Ukulele Festival in 2019 and most recently was part of the Gaitherburg Ukefest’s online festival. Amy also performs locally and tours as a one-woman band with ukulele, tenor guitar, foot percussion, mouth trumpet and harmonica, or with her Boston-based bands. Visit Amykucharik.com
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