There have been a few pieces of ukulele news, showing Learn To Uke in the press. Here are a few snippets so you can see what they say about us:
Lorraine on ITV’s Daybreak
ITV Daybreak - 1 June 2011
Lorraine Bow joined Dan Lobb, Christine Bleakley and Steve Hargrave on ITV to talk about the big news that ukuleles have outsold electric guitars in the UK.
Lorraine interviewed by BBC Radio 2 Drive Time with Simon Mayo/Rebecca Pike
Lorraine on BBC World Service - Europe Today
A Working Life: Ukulele Teacher
“How do her lessons work as a team builder?” “You have to listen to each other and work together to make music. As the ukulele is much easier than many instruments to play, it means you can make music in an hour. The ukulele is a great leveller; I’d love to see George Osborne and his team at the Treasury giving it some welly to Teenage Kicks.” Featured In The Guardian - 30th July 2010
Lorraine and Frank Skinner in the BBC documentary about George Formby
Frank Skinner and Lorraine Bow with the Teachers and children from Childeric Primary School. The children play Little Ukulele and the Lion Sleeps Tonight in the show.
The rise in popularity of the ukulele in UK schools
Lorraine with one of her bands, KaraUke, in a feature about rise of the Ukulele as a child’s first instrument due to it’s more forgiving tone, and the ability to sing along when the ukulele is played. It is also fantastic for adults who have never previously played any music - very easy to learn.
Testimonials
I found it really useful, and I’ve been practising regularly since, and now the course has finished I can see how much I learned. There were lots of little tips that were really really helpful (from placing your ukulele face down through to how to position your fingers and how to make smoother transitions from one chord to another). I didn’t exactly enjoy the course, because I was so far behind the rest of the class, and I couldn’t ever master anything new during the class itself, but I did learn a lot from it and I’ve really enjoyed playing my uke since – and that is solely because of the course. I was stuck and it moved me on. It was helpful being able to email you in between classes, and it was really helpful when you said that it didn’t matter if I couldn’t do it in class, as long as I kept practising whatever we’d learnt between classes.
