UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN
40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
TAFT THEATRE
APRIL 13
Tickets On Sale Friday, September 27 at 10am
Cincinnati, OH (9/23/24) – The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has announced their 40th anniversary tour. The new trek of dates will include a stop in Cincinnati, OH at Taft Theatre on April 13.
Tickets will go on sale to the public beginning at 10am on Friday, September 27 at Ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available at The Taft Theatre box office during normal business hours.
ABOUT THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, that’s the one founded by George Hinchliffe and Kitty Lux, has already enjoyed touring in the United States many times. For those who have not yet encountered it, the essential point is that it is an original musical ensemble featuring only ukuleles of various sizes and registers, accompanied by just the natural voices of the performers.
Harsher critics have stated the opinion that the Ukulele Orchestra formed their repertoire based on any music considered inappropriate for the instrument, with a “shopping trolley dash through genres” and musical history. In Europe and America, the Orchestra are best known for playing versions of famous rock songs and film themes, sometimes changing these so that the expectations of the audience are subverted. Sometimes a rock song will be changed into a jazz idiom, or sometimes several songs which are known from different genres are combined in one “soup of contrasts.”
Today, after many years, the Orchestra finds that wherever they go, people are now playing ukuleles, often in groups. Many of these enthusiasts tell the Orchestra that they were inspired to play the instrument after seeing and hearing this, the original Ukulele Orchestra. And now there are many ukulele orchestras, some acknowledging the pioneering work of the UOGB, others claiming ignorance of this rich history, but none of them existing before this, the original Ukulele Orchestra.
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