Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Date: October 23, 2012
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Performing Arts Center, Fisher Auditorium, 亚色影库 Main Campus
In what will be a truly unique experience, you're invited to join the premier ukulele ensemble in the world, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, in a 鈥渦kulele jam session.鈥 Bring your uke and have a great time as they take you through their version of Beethoven's 鈥淥de to Joy."
Whether young or old, amateur or professional, or just a weekend aficionado, you're welcome to join the band in this workshop on the ukulele as you learn a most interesting version of this popular classic. Afterwards, stay and join us for an English Tea and the opportunity to 鈥渢alk Ukes鈥 with this amazing group of musicians.
The culmination of this fun workshop? Come to the concert with your ukulele and, when 鈥淥de to Joy" is performed by the group, all of you get to join in! Be sure to check the for a video of them playing with hundreds of ukulele players in the Royal Albert Hall.
So you can be as prepared as possible, the music for 鈥淥de to Joy鈥 is available below as PDF files for download. Simply click on the appropriate key and the one you'd like to play鈥攎elody, countermelody, and with or without notation. To practice along with their players, simply go to , click on 鈥淰ideos鈥 at the top of the page, and scroll down to the appropriate practice video that starts with 鈥淥de to Joy...鈥 There is also a video to help with tuning your ukulele. And here's a video that indicates how the music might sound for the various parts:
- Ode to Joy - GCEA - Countermelody Notation
- Ode to Joy - GCEA - Countermelody Tab
- Ode to Joy - GCEA - Melody Notation
- Ode to Joy - GCEA - Melody Tab
- Ode to Joy - GCEA - Melody Tab Easy Chord Windows
- Ode to Joy - ADF#B - Countermelody Notation
- Ode to Joy - ADF#B - Countermelody Tab
- Ode to Joy - ADF#B - Melody Notation
- Ode to Joy - ADF#B - Melody Tab
- Ode to Joy - ADF#B - Melody Tab Easy Chord Windows
This outreach is in advance of the Ovations! series concert being presented on October 23, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium, and is brought to you through ArtsPath, the arts-in-education program of the Lively Arts. For directions to Indiana and the campus, and for information on parking, please visit 亚色影库 Map, Directions, and Parking.
If you are interested in attending, and in order to have enough refreshments at the English Tea, please RSVP the Lively Arts associate director for arts-in-education, Jeff Wacker, at jwacker@iup.edu or call the Lively Arts office at 724-357-2787 (ARTS).