Live Performances

Live Performance, Music

George Hinchliffe’s

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain


April 9, 2024 • 7PM

Merrill Auditorium


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"The sophisticated sound they make – both percussive and melodic – is at once hilarious and heartfelt."

An Ovations audience favorite, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, performing on instruments bought with loose change, believes all genres of music are available for reinterpretation as long as they are played on the ukulele. A concert by these all-singing, all-strumming musicians is a funny, virtuosic, twanging, awesome, foot-stomping obituary of rock-n-roll and melodious light entertainment. Featuring only the “bonsai guitar” and a menagerie of voices in a collision of post-punk performance and toe-tapping oldies – with no drums, pianos, backing tracks or banjos, no pitch shifters or electronic trickery – their joyous concerts are a revelation of the rich palette of orchestration afforded by ukuleles and singing (and a bit of whistling). Going from Tchaikovsky to Nirvana via Otis Redding and Spaghetti Western soundtracks, the Orchestra takes audiences on “a world tour with only hand luggage” and gives the listener “One Plucking Thing After Another.  

Members 

George Hinchliffe 
Kitty Lux 
Richie Williams 
Will Grove-White 
Dave Suich 
Hester Goodman 
Peter Brooke Turner 
Jonty Banks 
Leisa Rea 
Ben Rouse 
Laura Currie 
Ewan Wardrop 
Dave Bowie

SHOW TIMES

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2024 – 7PM

MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND

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TICKETS: $35 • $45 • $55
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ACCESSIBILITY

Wheelchair accessible. Assistive Listening Devices available, ASL available upon request. Read more about accessibility at Merrill Auditorium.

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