Brisbane’s largest band of ukulele buskers captivated the South Bank crowds at the world record busk attempt this Valentine’s Day. The BUMS ukulele buskers were the largest contingent amongst the 387 performers who beat the previous Guinness Largest Busk World Record of 230 buskers. The Brisbane Ukulele Music Society Inc. had 78 members performing in the public celebration of art, love, culture and people. Proceeds of their busk were donated to Radio Lollipop, who do[…]
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Brisbane Ukulele Music Society Inc. (BUMS Inc.) has appointed David Hethorn as Festival Director for this year’s ukulele festival, SPRUKE 2015. David, a songwriter and musician, will bring a new vibe to the festival team as they tune up for the Brisbane’s biannual ukulele festival, a three-day event to be held in spring. David is no stranger to music festivals, having volunteered at many over the past few years. “There are countless highlights and I[…]
Read More »As they say in the trade – “That’s a wrap” – and indeed Spruke 2013 is over, and by all accounts it has been a success. We’ve had some positive feed back but more is better – so if you did attend and we have not contacted you with a survey invitation and you’d like to have your say – please click here to leave your feedback. This survey will be open until October 20,[…]
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Ukulele players, the uke-curious and their families will want to pencil in a visit to SPRUKE Brisbane’s Ukulele Festival this weekend 20-22 September at Southbank Institute of Technology. Brisbane Ukulele Musicians Society B.U.M.S. will host the three day event with a program consisting of performances, workshops, uke jams, open mics and two evening concerts. Headline acts include Canadian bluesman Manitoba Hal Brolund, with homegrown talent Leah Flanagan, Mic Conway (Captain Matchbox), Ukeologist Thom Jackson from Melbourne,[…]
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Koyama have created the Commemorative Spruke Ukulele to celebrate the very first Spruke Brisbane’s Ukulele Festival. The Commemorative Spruke Ukulele is one of the Koyamas’ Flower Series, not only does it look gorgeous and this ukulele plays beautifully. The team at Morris Brothers Music tells us we will not expect to see any of this Flower Series available in the stores here in Australia until 2014. This Koyama handcrafted custom mahogany concert ukulele is branded with BUMS[…]
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A Maton Ukulele is the result of combining the best of traditional ukulele design with 21st century production techniques. Handmade in Melbourne this instrument draws on Maton’s extensive background in the use and fine tuning of Australian tonewoods to produce a tone which is rich, full and intriguing, and which evokes the timeless sounds of the classic Hawaiian ukuleles of time gone by. After the initial success of the Blackwood ukulele was established and the building methods sorted[…]
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To celebrate the launch of ANZCA’s Ukulele syllabus here in Queensland you could WIN this Prize Pack from our sponsors Australia & New Zealand Cultural Arts Ltd. Details below. The launch of “I Play Ukulele” – ANZCA’s Ukulele Syllabus – will be part of a program of workshops at the Spruke Festival on Saturday morning September 21 , recommended for teachers, leaders of group, orchestras, school music educators and parents of children learning the Ukulele. “I Play Ukulele” has been[…]
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UKESTRATION is a way of teaching skills to a group, combined with the wonderful flexibility of the ukulele, using appropriate and popular songs. Facilitated by internationally acclaimed professional musicians Mark Jackson and Jane Jelbart who promote the James Hill philosophy of engaging players of all levels in an orchestrated manner. The technique has been adapted by Mark and Jane into a teaching method that has something for everyone from individual players to teachers and leaders[…]
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