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Singer, ukulele and piano player, teacher, songwriter, entertainer and recording artist. What fun!
Scroll to Cali’s latest blog post (Apr 2026)
Cali’s Latest Album: Looking Glass
Click the album cover to listen or purchase—sheet music, too!
Play-along video available for the title track!
for news about Zoom classes, jams, shows and my blog
Video tutorials
Pick up new ukulele skills at your own pace. Chords, embellishments and more!
Cali’s schedule
Zoom classes, workshops, appearances and more!
Donations
Suggested donation per Zoom class is $5. Read about the preparation that goes into each class.
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Ukulele tutorial: “Better Times Will Come”
Janis Ian has generously shared her glorious and uplifting song with musicians everywhere, to learn, record, and share. Read more and get the chart.
Zoom classes and lessons
Learn ukulele and have some fun! Donation-based Zoom classes for beginners and intermediates—open to the public!
Cali’s Ukulele Kids Club Academy Workshop
Learn to play and sing Cali’s tune “OO-KOO-LAY-LAY” — with all kinds of ways to fancy things up!! Get the sheet music here. The UKC is an international organization that helps children overcome the stress of serious health conditions by playing the ukulele. Check out their website and their YouTube page for more academy workshops.
The CC Strummers… in the news!
A great video story by Kristopher Gee about Cali Rose and The CC Strummers – read it here!
Cali Rose featured in OokTown’s Ukulele Podcast
Coming to you straight outta Culver City, Cali Rose comes to talk to us about the beginnings of The CC Strummers, affirms the power of the ukulele in music therapy, and takes us through her journey from studying nursing to full-time musician. Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown. Watch on YouTube or Listen on iTunes.
Cali’s version of Chopsticks
Cali sings her own song “Smile, Smile, Smile
This Morning Something Wonderful Happened to Me (I Woke Up)
Cali Rose plays “The Way You Look Tonight” on piano
The CC Strummers
Cali leads this ukulele group and teaches two weekly Zoom classes. Players local to the Culver City area are welcome to join our in-person jams.
Cali’s blog
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Cali’s Blog
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SAY IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON
“This was not easy…when you’re out there, you just want to get back to your families and friends.” Astronaut Reid Wiseman After a glorious spin around the moon, four astronauts aboard Artemis II splash down in the Pacific, just a few miles west of San Diego. We are glued to the live feed on my iPhone, watching this epic adventure come to a sweet splashy end. “My daddy would have loved this,” I exclaim to my husband and friends as we’re … Read More
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GOT WATER?
We hear it all the time… “Hydrate! Hydrate! Hydrate!” So do you? Staying on top of this hydration business makes sense, especially in the summertime. Sirens blaring, the paramedics have arrived at our ukulele jams or shows to rescue a player who has gone pale and slumped over in a heap. Thankfully this has only happened a few times and everyone was okay. But one cool spring morning, an older fellow keeled over in my ukulele class. About ten of us were seated in a small second-floor classroom and, … Read More
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CALI ROSE – MINI BLOG & THANKS
Itzhak Perlman, one of my heroes and teachers…he’s a joy maker…a music lover…an eighty year old Zen Master.
