We’re into the home stretch of the ‘Ukulele transcription of the first movement of Beethoven’s Pastorale Symphony! Here’s a video of pages 16 and 17 of the symphony: Being so close to a big milestone like this gives me a chance to pause and reflect on how taking on this project has made me a […]
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Beethoven on the ‘Ukulele and Preparing for Performance
The first movement is almost finished: Three more pages to go! Video for the final page will be released on October 8. On October 9, I’ve committed to perform the entire first movement as part of the Music Faculty Recital at Regis University, where I work. Here’s Episode 16 of “Beethoven of the Ukulele”. The […]
Beethoven’s “Pastorale” and ‘Ukulele scales in thirds
On February 6 of this year, who would have thought that there would be a ‘Ukulele transcription of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony going out in the world? Certainly not me, but here we are at the beginning of September with page 15 of the first movement! Here’s a performance of pages 14 and 15 of the […]
Beethoven for Uke Geeks Only: Campanella Tetrachords
Here is Episode 14 of “Beethoven of the Ukulele”. In this video I am performing pages 13 and 14 of the first movement score: Only five more pages to go to the completion of the first movement, which will happen on October 8. Yay! At that point the first movement will be ready to perform […]