The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain doesn’t have a flashy name or even a flashy look. But don’t let that fool you. While the ensemble takes its collective picking skills quite seriously and its ...

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is touring the United States in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Photo provided The ukulele is an inherently curious instrument. It’s simultaneously capable ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Hours before playing a sold out concert, an acclaimed group of musicians took time to play with the Santa Barbara Ukulele Club at the harbor. It was a special treat for the ...

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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will perform at Stanford Live on March 23. Courtesy Stafan Mager. A ukulele band walks into Windsor Castle to play for the queen … It’s not the set-up for a joke ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 1 at UCSB Campbell Hall. Four decades (and 400 million plucks) since its founding, the Ukulele Orchestra of ...

When George Hinchliffe first heard a recording of Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders, one of Britain's most popular bands in the 1930s and '40s, he was drawn more to the sharkskin drums ...

They pluck, pick, slap, whistle, shout, hum and harmonise, effortlessly - they're not leaning on lamp posts: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain The trick is to transform something relatively easy ...

On Tuesday night the University Musical Society presents something a little different – the all-singing, all-strumming, impressively talented Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. With instruments small ...

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain doesn’t possess the same gravitas in the orchestral world as say, the London Philharmonic. But Mitch Gershenfeld, president and CEO of the McCallum Theatre, ...

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (UOGB) said their reputation could be tarnished by the German-based United Kingdom Ukulele Orchestra (UKUO). The UOGB had sought a High Court injunction against ...