Workshop: Ode to Joy

To celebrate the bicentennial of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the only one that uses the human voice, we will play the Ode to Joy for the ukulele. Watch the documentary about Beethoven’s Ninth.

This one-hour workshop is scheduled for Thursday 6 June 2024 at 4:30 PM EDT after 3 Chord Thursday. Please revisit for details on how to register for this hybrid workshop.

At the beginning of the pandemic, I learned from a German ukulele player that the Germans were getting together to perform the “Ode to Joy.” Eager to join them, I posted an announcement for a free workshop in the Ukulele Union of Boston meetup site in March 2020. I had to learn how to use Zoom to host my very first Zoom session. The world had gone into lock down. Some 30 people RSVP’d to participate.

Ode to Joy fingerstyle ukulele workshop FREE online

I posted a second announcement so that we could join the Germans. “What is the Zoom link?” After posting the announcement, I learned that the Germans were performing it from their balconies and gardens. In-person. There was no Zoom link. Regardless, 53 participants joined me in Zoom.

Ode to Joy Ukulele Jam

I announced my goal to get together with other ukulele players to play the Ode to Joy with other instrumentalists in its original key after the pandemic has ended.

Has the pandemic ended?

If so, why aren’t we returning to pre-pandemic in-person jam sessions?

Related blog posts

• The Joy of Ode to Joy, April 2022
• Ode to Joy of Uke, March 2022
• 3 Chord Thursday Instrumental (Ode to Joy), February 2022
• Ode to Joy for Ukulele, March 2020