Swing Ukulele Academy
Come to class at the Swing Ukulele Academy!
…and play jazz on your ukulele the way you’ve always wanted to.
Build on the foundations of your ukulele practice. Play intuitively, with heart.
Learn to swing your uke, sing the standards, and solo!
And learn to sweetly pluck and strum through ukulele chord melody arrangements.
It’s gonna be so much fun!
Oh what fun we’re about to have!
One membership gets you access to all classes inside the Swing Ukulele Academy.
CLASSES AT THE SWING UKULELE ACADEMY
Intro to Swing Uke — coming soon!
This class is for those new to swing ukulele who want to go through the foundational techniques step=by-step.
Swing, Sing and Solo
In this class, you will not only learn my approach for how to swing, strum, and sing jazz standards on the uke, but will also learn the art of jazz soloing, both on your instrument and with your voice through scatting.
Chord Melody
With the Chord Melody workshops, you’ll learn how to gently and delicately pluck beautiful old jazz tunes on the uke, and strum raucously fun swing melodies. Here, the uke is the star!
What do you get?
Your enrollment in the Swing Ukulele Academy gets you:
- Four (or more!) live 90 minute ukulele workshops every month (with the “Live Classes” subscription)
- Plus everything below
If you want to access just the recorded classes at a lower price, you get access to a treasure trove of ukulele swing gold.
- 20+ hours of recorded workshops
- All the charts and supporting pdfs you’ll need
- Private community: a non-Facebook private online community space where you can ask me questions in-between workshops, and connect with sweet and supportive Ukulele Swing School friends
What’s the price?
Swing Ukulele Academy: Live Classes
€59/month gets your registered for live workshops held on Zoom (that’s two+ classes per month).
Swing Ukulele Academy: Workshop Archive
€36/month gets you access to an ever-growing video library of recorded swing uke workshops, so that you can expand your golden jazz repertoire and swing uke skills.
Who are these classes for?
These classes are for beginner to intermediate ukulele players who love old jazz tunes and swing music.
The Intro to Swing Uke classes are intended for players who are curious about jazz ukulele. This class is great for beginners and those who are new to playing swing on the uke.
The Swing, Sing and Solo classes is intended for singers who want to support their singing with interesting, engaging strumming, and who also want to venture into the world of jazz soloing, through scatting and uke solos.
The Chord Melody track is for those players passionate about making their uke sing sweetly, who want to delicately (or sometimes more strongly!) weave together harmonies and melodies on the uke.
Overall, these classes are for people who wanna have a WHOLE DANG LOTTA FUN!
Who are these classes NOT for?
As a teacher, I love digging into the details and working in a slow, progressive, methodical manner.
If you don’t like focusing on details and repeating exercises to refine aspects of your playing, or if you prefer a more oblique teaching style (“I just need the general idea and then I’m good to go!”) then I may not be the teacher for you.
What level uke player is this for?
If you are a beginner, you’ve come to the right place! The Intro to Swing Uke class is the one for you. I normally recommend that folks stay in the Intro class for about 3 months, until they have learned the strumming techniques that I consider fundamental to the jazz uke practice.
When you register for the Swing Ukulele Academy, you also immediately get access to the complete archive of uke workshops, so if it were me, I’d go poking around in the more intermediate lessons just to see what I could do!
The Swing, Sing and Solo classes are designed with beginner and intermediate uke players in mind. These classes are meant to stretch your knowledge of technique and increase your vocal range, jazz repertoire, and the number of your chords you can play from your ukulele chord dictionary.
Some of the Chord Melody classes are beginner-friendly, but most of them are more appropriate for intermediate players. Many Chord Melody arrangements require barre chords or for the player to know several inverions of various chords.
If you’re asking if you know enough, I firstly want to send you so much encouragement and love. YES, jazz and chord melody can be intimidating, and YES, you can totally do this!
If you’re still not sure, I’m happy to chat with you about it! Schedule a free 20 minute discovery call to find out if the classes are right for you.
What songs will I learn?
Here are just some of the tunes you can learn inside the Swing Ukulele Academy:
- When I Get Low I Get High, 1936
- Bei Mir Bist du Schön, 1932
- He Ain’t Got Rhythm, Irving Berlin, 1936
- Out of Nowhere, 1931
- Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone, 1930
- Tonight You Belong to Me, 1926
When are the workshops?
Swing, Sing and Solo classes are held two Sundays per month at 6pm CET.
Chord Melody classes are held two Sundays per month at 8pm CET.
Intro to Swing Uke classes are coming soon!
If you have no idea what CET means for your time zone, use a tool like this one.
Contact me for the upcoming class schedule!
All workshops are recorded, so you can catch up later, or gobble them up on subsequent occasions!
Do you offer refunds?
Due to the digital nature of the product (you get instant access to the recorded classes after your purchase), I don’t offer refunds. Instead, you can cancel your subscription at any time.
Can I cancel?
Yes! You can cancel at any time. Just send me a quick email or manage your subscription through the account you’ll create after your registration.
Once you sign up, you can attend all the live workshops as they happen and access all the workshop replays until you cancel your subscription.
Why should I sign up?
I think it’s probably a good idea for you to sign up for class if you want to:
✨ expand your jazz and swing repertoire
✨ boost your confidence and grow your strumming toolkit
✨ learn how to do scatting! and solo on the ukulele
✨ play amazing-sounding chord melodies on the uke
✨ create your own unique strumming arrangements to support your vocals
✨ benefit from the accountability of a group, to energize you and help you maintain the momentum you need around your music practice
Your hobbies matter! Art matters! Whether or not you decide to sign up for my classes, I would love for you to create the space that you need to honor your love of music.
And if this does feel like a good fit for you …
Got questions? Email me! I’m happy to help!