Category Archives: travel

Simple Gifts for Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Anne Ku

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

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Anne Ku

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

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Anne Ku

Where and why has Anne Ku lived in Brunei, Taiwan, Okinawa, USA, UK, Singapore, and The Netherlands Continue reading →

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Songs about Massachusetts and New England etc

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Anne Ku

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

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Anne Ku

The Ukulele Union of Boston (UUoB) began in 2010 when the first ukulele course (at Cambridge Centre for Adult Education) ended. The students asked, “What shall we do now?” — and one of them initiated a get together in his … Continue reading →

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Ukulele Clubs in New England

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Anne Ku

Ukulele Clubs and Groups in New England: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, MAssachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut Continue reading →

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Energy: electricity, electric vehicles

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Anne Ku

Energy: electricity, electric vehicles links relevant articles and material on this subject, project directed by Anne Ku on Maui Continue reading →

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Mauro Giuliani Polonoise or Polonaise from Op. 65

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Anne Ku

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

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Anne Ku

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

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Anne Ku

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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