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ABRSM ukulele Music Medals
ABRSM have put together a new series of ukulele music medals categorised in ascending difficulty from Copper to Platinum. It was really...
tonymizen
Sep 27, 20241 min read
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tonymizen
Apr 17, 20240 min read
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'WASPS' find their way into the Julliard School of Music
I can't express how delighted and somewhat stunned I am after learning that Giovanni Albini played and presented my WASPS composition at...
tonymizen
Mar 23, 20231 min read
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Relaunch of Arthropoda
I am very pleased that a new publisher has taken on my 'Arthropoda' book. I originally self-published it on amazon but several misprints...
tonymizen
Feb 13, 20231 min read
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My new ukulele composition to be played by professional musician (July 2022)
I am very pleased that Giovanni Albini, a top professional musician liked my rather crazy ukulele piece that I dedicated to him. The...
tonymizen
Jul 15, 20221 min read
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tonymizen
Jan 21, 20220 min read
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Magazine Review of 'Arthropoda'
I was very pleased to read the following review of my book in UK's ukulele magazine: The pdf book and the free mp3 downloads are...
tonymizen
Jun 14, 20211 min read
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ARTHROPODA: My Ukulele book.
'The Ukulele Bookshop' has relaunched my book of seven new ukulele pieces first published on amazon. The idea of writing music that...
tonymizen
Mar 4, 20212 min read
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Ukulele Recital
I edited out the talking and put up my ukulele recital that I did for the Strathmore festival. The link is below. I greatly appreciate...
tonymizen
Jan 22, 20211 min read
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Strathmore Ukulele Festival and Highlights of 2020
After the bad news that the Isle of Wight festival was cancelled for next year, where Paul Mansell and I were going to play, I was...
tonymizen
Nov 25, 20202 min read
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Interview with Jim Beloff
I have put a link below to an interview with Jim Beloff talking to Paul Mansell. Here, Jim discusses his publishing, composing and...
tonymizen
Jun 12, 20201 min read
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Review of '2ukulele'....
I was very pleased to read the review of 2ukulele that Sam Muir gave us. I have copied it here. Sam Muir is a truly brilliant musician,...
tonymizen
Apr 20, 20202 min read
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SKYPE LESSONS
I'm writing this at the end of March 2020 when the world is in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic. The school I normally teach at is...
tonymizen
Mar 31, 20201 min read
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'The Uke Room' concert to launch new duet book
Even if this is more diary than blog, I would like to put on record a concert that Paul Mansell and I played at ‘The Uke Room’ in...
tonymizen
Mar 2, 20202 min read
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FREE pdf GUITAR TUTOR BOOK for reading this blog!
In the latest ABRSM book for Grade 1 guitar, there is simple Spanish piece called Spanish Knights. The music has a key signature with one...
tonymizen
Nov 28, 20193 min read
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LEARNING AN INSTRUMENT ISN'T FUN...It's a lot better than that!
I have heard something like the following many times in the twenty or so years I have been teaching guitar and ukulele: “He/she just...
tonymizen
Oct 23, 20193 min read
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My ukulele highlights of 2019
Now that there's not much left of 2019, I feel like writing about a few good things that have happened this year. I met up with ukulele...
tonymizen
Oct 20, 20192 min read
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