Apr 1 - 22: Rise up, Ukes! “Songs of Freedom and Protest” with Susan Howell

noon – 1pm

3406 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103

Maximum enrollment: 16

Registration & Refund Deadline: Friday, March 28, 2025

You've heard of Dylan, Seeger, Baez, and Guthrie, but there are many more! Learn traditional American protest songs from the 1950's to the present day. Ukes in any tuning and other stringed instruments are welcome.

Skills needed: Students should know 8-10 chords and be able to change between them with ease.

What to Bring: Please bring your ukulele

Teacher: Susan spent her childhood and adolescence in musical theater. In college, she majored in music before moving on to primary education where she taught grade-school for twenty years and served as the music resource person for grades K-5. Susan moved on from folk music and the mountain dulcimer to swing guitar and vocals and then fell in love with the ’ukulele and has published a well-received book of arrangements using chord melody technique for the ’ukulele. These cover many genres but display a fondness for the music of the 30’s-60’s. Susan has been teaching ukulele and mountain dulcimer since Dusty Strings Music School opened in 2008.