Category Archives: personal development

Nutmeg Ukulele Festival 2024

Join me in Simsbury, Connecticut for the annual all-day festival on Saturday 14th September 2024 with three to four workshops going on simultaneously (i.e. four parallel sessions) from 9 AM to 5 PM (US$100 includes lunch!)

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Write your own song

Have you ever dreamed of writing your own song? Not a re-make of someone else’s, but your original lyrics set to music, your idea. Or a tune that’s been going around your head that you want to put into words… … Continue reading

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100 Days of Ukulele 2022

Not any 100 days but 100 consecutive days of sharing your commitment to the ukulele. For me, it meant researching music for the ukulele, arranging music for the ukulele or adapting existing song sheets and arrangements so I can sing … Continue reading

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The Gift of Music

I thought about the act of giving while recording “From Me to You” by the Beatles. Music enthusiast Paul (HI) had given me a list of Beatles songs that included the harmonica as a precursor to his harmonica workshop for … Continue reading

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Simple Gifts for Thanksgiving

On the eve before my travel, I arranged Simple Gifts for ukulele and piano. Continue reading

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Three Chord Thursday 2021: Wishin’ and Hopin’

Welcome to the first song session of the new year on 14th January 2021 at 3 pm Eastern Time! Three Chord Thursday themes for 2021 begins with your wishes, hopes, dreams, goals, plans, wants, and desires. Wear something NEW!

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Where I have lived

On the first day of the new year, 1/1/2020, let me explain what all those locations at the top right corner of my website mean. Those are the places where I have lived for a significant amount of time. As … Continue reading

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Raison d’etre

Some people are born with a calling. Others spend their entire life looking for it. Raison d’etre is the French word for “the reason for your existence.” Why are you here? What is my purpose for being?

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About Anne Ku

Before 2020 rolls around, I am tidying up my website. Here is the old ABOUT page.

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Of guitar quartets and ensemble playing

In January 2018, I started a new ukulele group and joined the Boston Guitar Orchestra. For the latter, I begged the conductor to translate the notated sheet music for guitar part four into tablature so that I could read it. … Continue reading

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