Category Archives: travel

Simple Gifts for Thanksgiving

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

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Ode to Joy for ukulele

We gathered for Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” sing along and play along on Sunday March 22nd, 2020, after a fingerstyle ukulele workshop the previous day. This song is significant for many reasons, not least the European Union anthem. It’s my … Continue reading

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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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Songs about Massachusetts and New England etc

One day I will get around to finding the song sheets and sheet music to the songs that are not linked below, for Massachusetts and New England. My ukulele club had a good run of Charlie on the MTA. August … Continue reading

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Ukulele clubs in and around Boston, Massachusetts

The Ukulele Union of Boston (UUoB) began about nine years ago after the first ukulele course ended. The students asked, “What shall we do now?” — and one of them initiated a get together in his photo studio. The rest … Continue reading

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Ukulele Clubs in New England

New England is the northeastern part of the United States that comprises the following states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The best time to visit is autumn when the leaves turn color. I plan to add … Continue reading

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Mauro Giuliani Polonoise or Polonaise from Op. 65

Should it be “polonoise” as printed on the title page of the sheet music or “polonaise” as we know it?

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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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Happy Fourth of July! Invitations to concerts

Happy Fourth of July! So many FREE concerts in the Boston area next week. My latest ukulele mail-out below includes a NOT FREE concert of a non-traditional string quartet from the Bay Area and my Boston Guitar Orchestra rehearsals and concerts.

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Solstice at Eustis 2019

Just an idea. It rhymes. It catches on. How do we combine guitar and ukulele? One after another? Or together? At Derek Gripper’s African Music Workshop both instruments were welcomed in the same room. Everyone played together. It was one … Continue reading

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