Chichester Festival Theatre: Family Fun in the Park

Absolutely thrilled to be performing in Family Fun in the Park, run by the Chichester Festival Theatre. At 1:30pm Friday 4th June/Saturday 5th June BAFTA Award-winning Emily Burnett (CBBC’s The Dumping Ground) headlines, reading Lauren Child’s That Pesky Rat, and Pamela Butchart’s Never Tickle A Tiger with actors using puppetry to bring the stories to […]

Livery Stable Blues

The Dixie Six perform the first piece of jazz music that was ever recorded at a concert in Chichester. This lively piece is full of humorous surprises and features a great line up of musicians. Livery Stable Blues by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, 1917 Banjolele: Matthew Quilliam Trumpet: Chloe Harvey Saxophone: Hannah Spires Drums: […]

Kickstarter: One Week to Go!

With only one week to go, I need your help to get me through the home run in order to raise funds for my stretch goal of £450! I’ve already successfully raised my initial target of £300 (thank you so much everybody!) so if I can get to my next goal I’ll have lots more […]

Student Jazz Concert at Chichester Conservatoire

Matthew Quilliam heads his new band, the Dixie Six for a spot in this energetic and varied evening of jazz old and new. The Dixie Six will playing in the style of the 1910s and 20s, playing the tunes of the Original Dixieland Jass Band, Kenny Ball and Louis Armstrong. He will also be appearing […]

Original Ukulele Music Showcase with Matthew Quilliam

Matthew will be performing a showcase of original music for the ukulele, featuring some traditional Hawaiian music, some early jazz and some more contemporary music by living composers. Join him for an evening of online music to celebrate the history of the ukulele. So far, works will include those composed by Choan Galvez, Sam Muir, […]

SAFETY FIRST: A new ukulele series about practicing healthily

Song Sheet Release

After high demand, I am releasing the song sheet of my single “What Does a Pound Shop Sell?” for free to the public, available at the link below. You can listen to the song on Spotify or buy it on Amazon, as well as watch the music video for it below too. Any support you […]

Ukulele Tone and Wellness Workshop

A workshop in two halves, both designed to ensure you are practicing in a way that is efficient and constructive and also in a way that is not damaging to your physical health. First, participants will be encouraged to consider their tone by paying close attention to their left and right-hand techniques, before expanding to […]

Happy World Ukulele Day 2021!

Happy World Ukulele Day 2021! I hope you are all celebrating with a good productive practice session. If you want to learn how to practice effectively, watch the bottom video, or check out my ukulele day special video at the top!

Rite of Spring

Happy new year! Something a little different from me this time. Instead of the tutorials, here’s a brand new lockdown performance of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, an orchestral ballet from 1913 condensed to two ukuleles. Please check this out as it’s been a really fun project to work on and it is certainly going […]