We believe in music for everyone
how do we do this?
Our profits are used to donate ukuleles to schools, community groups and libraries.
There are numerous ways to support the work that we do from attending one of our events, buying some merch, booking a team buidling workshop, followng us on social media or donating monthly in exchange for access to our resources.
Read on for more info.
Uke Donations
Ho Ho Ho!
CHRISTMAS
Looking to spread some Ukulele cheer this Christmas? We've got you covered!
Our Ukulele Christmas downloadable advent calendar has 25 activities to help you count down to the big day and sales help us to donate ukuleles to schools, community groups and libraries.
For the melody whizzes check out Tara's 2025 book 'A Ukulele Christmas' that includes 8 well known Christmas carols each written firstly as just the melody, then melody and chords and thirdly as an ensemble piece of 2-3 parts
Our other Christmas items include Christmas ukulele decorations and we've got some cracking Christmas jumpers over on our Teemill site HERE
LIVE MUSIC MAKING
EVENTS
1st-5th April 2027 Tara and Justine will be hosting a retreat in Aberdeenshire, Scotland with guest tutor Christopher Davis-Shannon. Only 12 places available this will be a really special holiday. All inclusive of food, touring, a whisky tour, airport pick ups. We will start our days with workshops before heading off to explore the beautiful Royal Deeside for picnic lunches, ukulele playing outdoors and fresh air. In the evenings we will have student concerts and tutor concerts and jams.
25–27 June 2027 Wales Ukulele Projects community Uke-ender is hosting its 3rd festival at Dewslake in Pembrokeshire. This year their headline act is The Sisters of Mersey It is a wonderful weekend with lots of opportunities to play, learn and chat with friends old and new. PLUS you can bring your dog! Dewslake Farm has glamping options or you can get a pitch. They have clean facilities, a kitchen to make your own meals and a cafe that does a fantastic breakfast.
LEARN, LEARN, LEARN!
BOOKS
With easy-to-follow instructions and illustrations, it covers chords, melody, recommended listening and worksheets introducing rhythm, tempo and dynamics.
QR codes give access to video tutorials and play-a-longs. Colouring helps aid memory as well as decreasing stress and encourages patience and relaxation. Also, seeing your picture come to life can give a massive sense of pride and achievement.
'My Music Practice Journal' is a great accompaniment as an additional tool to help aid practice and record progress. It can be used for any musical instrument not just ukulele.
Celebrating Original Ukulele Compositions
First Ukulele Pieces & Ukulele Ensemble
We are super proud and excited to have published a 2nd book of beginner melody pieces, in 2024, this time Ensemble Pieces. This follows on from our 1st book in 2021, First Ukulele Pieces. Both books have pieces donated by ukulele teachers from all over the world!
In 2024 some of the pieces from First Ukulele Pieces were added to ABRSM's Music Medals recommended syllabus.
First Ukulele Pieces provides an exciting collection of finger picking pieces composed by many of the world's top ukulele composers including James Hill, Colin Tribe, Elizabeth Pfeiffer, Daniel Ward, Heidi Swedberg, Arden Fujiwara, Sam Muir and Phil Doleman. All 35 pieces were originally put together in one book as a limited edition. This can now be found as Book One and Book Two or all 35 pieces can be downloaded as a downloadable pdf Videos of the pieces can be found here First Ukulele Pieces Videos - Book One and First Ukulele Pieces Videos - Book Two
Ukulele Ensemble has 16 ensemble melodies that are arranged roughly in order of difficulty. The majority of the songs have 3 parts with chords adding a 4th. It is a mix of original songs and some well known classics such as 'Ode to Joy', 'You are my Sunshine' and Vivaldi's 'Spring'. The book can be purchased as a printed book or as a downloadable PDF. More info here
Impact report
May 2024 - May 2025
Video Showcase
From our youtube channel…
Rhythm Study 14
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our teaching resource
Join our ukulele family and help us to combat loneliness. In exchange for your patronage you get access to loads of songsheets and worksheets that you can use with your students either in the classroom or with your community group. With 3 different tier groups you can either support us as a School, Teacher or Community.
We also have a FREE tier with some themes ie Christmas so you can get a taste of what we offer.
