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Passionate about the role that music can play throughout our lives, Cynthia encourages everyone to explore music, regardless of their age or ability. Based in Guelph, Ontario, Cynthia offers engaging instruction and support to students of all ages, with a focus on adult learners, including piano and ‘ukulele lessons, classes, workshops, and the popular Royal City Ukulele Ensemble program, now in its 12th season. She's taught and performed at numerous 'ukulele festivals around the world over the years, including the Tropical Winter Ukulele Fest (Finland), Ukulele Festival of Scotland, Mighty Uke Day (Michigan), Port Townsend Uke Fest, Ukulele Ceilidh (Nova Scotia), and more. Cynthia is currently pursuing her PhD in Community Music, with an interest in midlife musicking, social music-making, musical identity, and of course, ‘ukulele. She holds a Master of Arts in Community Music, Bachelor of Arts [Hons] in music, Grade Ten Conservatory piano certification, and is a Level 3 graduate of the James Hill Ukulele Initiative (JHUI) Teacher Certification Program, as well as having served as a clinician in that program and worked as part of James’ Uketropolis team.
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“I have a number of Ohana ‘ukuleles that I love to play and use regularly in my teaching and performances, including the CK-450SMP, CK-70-8, and the SK-21M when I'm feeling a little more cheeky or tender. My bass player in our duo Transit Lounge, as well as with the Royal City Ukulele Ensemble program that I lead, loves to play his OBU-22 ‘ukulele bass and has recently started playing around with the fretless bass: OBU-22FL. Full disclosure, Ben’s also my husband. How lucky am I to live with my bass player?”
“My 30-member ‘ukulele ensemble, now in its 12th year, also raises funds to donate ‘ukuleles and teaching resources to local elementary schools here in our community and we have been gifting full class sets of 30 SK-10s and a CK-10 for the teacher to these schools. We have now donated to five schools! We know they’ll be great quality for those students and hope that helping kickstart youth on their musical journeys with this beautiful instrument and robust teaching tool will lead them into a lifelong love of music making.”
- Cynthia Kinnunen
