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Ukulele Class for Beginners with Kate Banks In-Person
Registration required. Limited seats. Adults and teens welcome.
Cost: $30 for 8 weeks (meets the second and fourth Tuesdays from January through April)
Please bring a ukulele.
Each 30 minute lesson will include:
- basic ukulele knowledge (tuning, holding, strumming)
- learning basic chords and building your chord inventory
- transitioning between chords (including strumming and singing)
- developing strumming skills, learning different strum patterns
- fingerpicking/fingerstyle
- introduction to reading and understanding tablature
Kate Banks has been an educator for over 40 years. Kate began playing the guitar as a teenager and made the switch to ukulele a few years ago, falling in love with the instrument and its' accessibility. Since then, Kate has participated in many ukulele workshops and festivals where she has met many people who share her passion for this wonderful 4 stringed instrument! Participants are encouraged to join the Silver Strings Ukulele Club directly after the lesson. Whether you watch, sing, and/or participate, you will learn a lot!
- Dates & Times:
- 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 13, 2026
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 27, 2026
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Tuesday, February 10, 2026
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Tuesday, February 24, 2026
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Tuesday, March 10, 2026
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Tuesday, March 24, 2026
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Tuesday, April 14, 2026
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Community Room
- Campus:
- Gardiner Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Workshops
- Event Cost:
- $30.00
Event Organizer
Nicole Lane