Festive online classes starting December 6, 2025!
Saturday Classes
🎄 Classical Ukulele: Festive Fingerstyle 🎄
Saturdays, December 6, 13, 20
9 - 9:45am (Sudbury time)
Online
In this fingerstyle class, we will use classical fingerstyle skills to learn to play some beautiful holiday tunes! We will play lots of sparkly chords to add that festive feeling. We will work on PIMA fingerpicking technique, strengthening both hands with scales and exercises, and dive deeper into the beauty of classical music on the ukulele.
Pre-Requisites: This is an intermediate level class. You should already have experience reading musical notation or TAB and some experience with PIMA style fingerpicking. Not sure if this is the right level for you? Send Catherine a message!
$45 CAD (3 classes)
🎄 Strum and Sing Along: Let’s Get Festive on the Ukulele 🎄
Saturdays, December 6, 13, 20
10 - 10:45am (Sudbury time)
Online
In this beginner friendly class, we will work on learning some holiday classics. Each year, I teach a handful of new festive songs and then add them to the annual festive songbook. We are up to over 30 songs in the book already! During each lesson, we will work on one new song and then at the end of the lesson play some old favourites from my annual festive songbook. We will continue to build our chord vocabulary and strumming techniques in each class. Catherine will offer beginner friendly suggestions and offer a few ways to add some holiday spice to your playing.
Pre-requisites: This class is great for anyone who already knows a few chords like C, G, G7, Dm, and F.
Coming in 2026…
Blue Rodeo on the Ukulele: Strum, Sing and Pick!
Exact dates TBD
Saturdays, January 2026
10 - 10:45am (Sudbury time)
Online
This year is Blue Rodeo’s 40th anniversary. Celebrate the music of this beloved Canadian band while building your ukulele skills! While learning some of the band’s most popular songs, we will also work on:
building chord vocabulary
strumming and singing at the same time
picking some melodies/riffs or adding a fancy strum
During each lesson, Catherine will teach a beginner friendly version of the song and then offer some ways you can spice up your playing for more advanced players.
$90 CAD (6 classes)
Monday Classes
Introduction to Reading Musical Notation for Ukulele Players
Exact dates TBD
Mondays January 2026
7 - 7:45pm (Sudbury time)
Online
Unlock the world of written music and bring your ukulele playing to a new level! In this class, Catherine introduces players to the fundamentals of reading standard musical notation. Each week, we’ll work on learning how to recognize notes on the staff, connect them to the ukulele fretboard, and play simple melodies with confidence. No prior knowledge of music theory is required - just bring your ukulele, enthusiasm and curiosity!
In this class we will work on:
learning the basics of musical notation and rhythm
match notes on the musical staff to the ukulele fretboard
learn beginner fingerpicking techniques and play melodies directly from sheet music
build the foundation to continue exploring more advanced music reading and ukulele fingerpicking
$60 CAD (4 classes)
Coming in 2026…
Fiddle Tunes for Ukulele - online
Beginner Classical Ukulele - Prep Grade - online
Classical Ukulele: Grade 2 - online
Sudbury Ukulele Orchestra - online and in person