Ukulele Wine Time

Creative Ukulele Education for Beginners & Beyond

About UWT

A Joyful Space to Learn

Welcome to Ukulele Wine Time, where we celebrate Progress, not Perfection! 🥂 This is a calm, creative, and expert-led space for your ukulele journey with me (Kathryn), a performing artist and music teacher with a Master's degree in Music. I'm here to give you the tools to think for yourself as a musician, and to bring more freedom and creativity to your playing. So you can play the songs you love!

Everyone is welcome. (And wine is optional of course!)

UWT Events

Dolly September: Join me to honor the great Dolly Parton as we learn some of her songs during the month of September. Printable charts + more details will be on my Patreon page. See all the upcoming dates below!

Progress, not perfection

After years of teaching adult students, I've observed that we (grown ups!) can be SO hard on ourselves as we learn something new. My little corner of the internet is a place to be kind to yourself as you learn, and I always give a simple option, and a way to level up when you're ready for the next challenge.

Foundation of Rhythm

This is the #1 thing you'll hear me talk about in my YouTube videos!! Rhythm is QUEEN, and if you take the time to focus on it and build a strong foundation, you unlock the door to easier strumming, singing while strumming, and playing music with others! Being able to play in time at a steady tempo with a simple strumming pattern can be one of the most rewarding - and musical!- things ever!

Word Anchors

For those folks who want to sing and strum, I've coined the term WORD ANCHOR, and we use these when learning a new song. A Word Anchor is a lyric that lines up directly with a chord. Using this concept will make singing while strumming worlds easier!

Creative Freedom

I'll show you the way, but I also teach my students to begin to make their own musical choices, especially with strumming. There's no one right way to play a song, and I encourage you to find your own unique version!

(As long as you play at a steady tempo 😜 * See Foundation of Rhythm)

Love for Ukulele Wine Time

“You are an incredible teacher. Echoing what others have said, you really bring all of the musical elements together superbly well. Really cool, thank you!

- @nadiyahattia, YT subscriber

"I LOVE YOUR STYLE!! I am a teacher as well - you have such a fun, engaging presentation!"

- Sally, UWC Patreon Member

"You are to ukulele what Adriene is to yoga."

Free Ukulele Resources!

Song Tutorials

Explore a variety of free song tutorials over on YouTube. I take you step-by-step through the song, showing how to play the chords, strumming options, how to count, a full song run through and lots more.

Strumming Workshop

If strumming is your top challenge on the ukulele, you are not alone! My method builds a strong foundation in rhythm to help you be a more confident player, and gets you ready to learn more complex strumming patterns.

Practice Exercises

Make practice simple and fun! My new series, 5 Minute Practice, is great for busy folks and for those with resistance to practicing. (I can 100% relate to both!)

More ukulele resources!

Join my patreon community!

Ukulele Wine Club

Seeking community, practice inspiration and accountability? Join Ukulele Wine Club on Patreon! (Wine is totally optional– it's all about making music and having fun, however you like to relax.) The most important part is giving yourself the gift to be creative and PLAY in the true sense of the word.

2 monthly live meetups (workshops, tutorials, going deep on songs, and more!)

Practice exercises & play along tracks

Printable chord & lyric charts for all songs + access to my ever-growing song library

Unlimited access to all past lessons & workshop replays

Vote on new tutorials and songs

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Meet Kathryn

Hi, I'm Kathryn! I am a music teacher with a Master's degree in music (Vocal Jazz Performance from the Univ. of North Texas), a singer-songwriter & performing artist, multi-instrumentalist, and mama of two. Plus a dog and some chickens.

I've taught music for over 15 years, and run a music lesson & production studio with my husband. I love creating fun, high-quality, and easy-to-follow tutorials. Progress over perfection is my mantra for you on your ukulele journey – remember to be kind to yourself as you learn!