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Ukulele Classes for Adults and Children​

​Jumpstart your Ukulele:
A class for Beginners and Up
Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 
Sept 24-Dec 3rd Thanksgiving off
Adults: 18+ 

Cost $150 for 10 sessions.
​Pre-registration for the session required. 
Stu Fuchs is an award-winning musician and teaching artist, empowering people of all backgrounds to express themselves through creative play. A “classically trained, improvisational freed multi-instrumentalist”, Stu blends mindfulness and music at his annual “Ukulele Zen” retreat held at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck NY.  His YouTube channel “Ukulele Zen” offers holistic ukulele lessons to over 100,000 subscribers.  In 2014 Stuart was awarded a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts for his work bringing healing music to cancer patients at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo NY, where he was a professional artist in residence for eight years. Stu’s Gypsy Jazz band “Babik” performed in concert halls across North America and with symphonic orchestras and he has toured to three continents playing classical guitar and ukulele with the internationally acclaimed new age Kirtan artist Snatam Kaur.  Stuart's meditative guitar playing was featured on Snatam Kaur's Grammy Award nominated Best New Age Album "Beloved.”
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Website: https://www.stufuchs.com/home
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UkuleleZen
​Ukulele Basics For Kids
Thursdays 3:30-4:30
Session 1:  Sept 24-Dec 3rd Thanksgiving off
Concert ukulele size recommended 
Kids: 8+
Cost $150 for 10 sessions.
Pre-registration for the session required.
​Scholarships available.
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Teacher Sarah Carlisle is a lifelong musician and attended both the Peabody Conservatory and Temple University for double bass performance on full scholarship. She spent a decade playing orchestral and jazz gigs and later toured the world performing with sacred chant artists Snatam Kaur, David Newman, Ajeet Kaur and others. She recorded on Snatam’s 2018 Grammy-nominated album “Beloved”. Sarah also plays mandolin, ukulele & guitar. She holds a teaching license in music education and has taught ukulele and general music in public schools since 2014. She also teaches music at the Putney School and has assisted Stuart Fuchs on Ukulele Zen retreats since 2016. 
Scholarships: Thanks to the generosity of our donors, MSA has a scholarship fund available to make sure our courses are accessible to all. Please call to discuss how we can help.