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Playing music for church on piano and organ

One handwritten lead sheet triggered memories of playing the piano and organ for church services on Maui and Okinawa Continue reading

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3 Chord Thursday: happy world ukulele day

Group photos and sharing of the joy of playing the ukulele from World Ukulele Day celebration at 3 Chord Thursday. 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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The Choco-leles

What do you get when you get ukulele players to play in what used to be the oldest chocolate factory in the country? “Say chocolate. Say ukulele. Cross chocolate and ukulele and you get choco-lele.” That’s what I said to … Continue reading

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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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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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Ukulele Mailing List – latest e-mail

I keep a growing mailing list of ukulele students, peers, and others who are hugely interested in the instrument and everything about playing music together. However, I’m never sure that my emails actually reach those on my mailing list because … Continue reading

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The gift of a music education for yourself or Mother’s Day present

I am forever grateful to my parents for the gift of a music education. I remember my mother tirelessly driving a great distance to my piano teacher’s home off-base on Okinawa. In the hot and humid afternoon, she took a … Continue reading

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