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Singer, ukulele and piano player, teacher, songwriter, entertainer and recording artist. What fun!
New video tutorial posted!
How to Play Fast on the Ukulele
Using her song This Morning Something Wonderful Happened to Me (I Woke Up) as a template, Cali shows you lots of cool ways to strum and pick fast on your ukulele.
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Never Too Old
Never Too Old is an inspirational new documentary about the power of music to enrich life for older audiences and it explores the paths that led professional musicians (including me!) to perform for these audiences. And love it!!!
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Cali Rose and The CC Strummers perform at the 2018 Los Angeles Uke Festival.
My latest blog posts
GRATEFUL
I land on the steps of The Superior Court Building one June morning in buoyant, conflicted downtown Los Angeles and queue up with the rest of the prospective jurors to squeeze through security and “go right” into the big gray-feeling jury pool room. Can you tell I’m jittery? Actually... Read More
NEVER TOO OLD
I’m at Trader Joe’s doing my “food gathering” thing and rolling the cart past the display of ready-made yummies because…well…I am good at reheating and turning on the microwave. Another shopper, a Gen Xer kind of gal, is leaning into the stacks of meatloaf and chicken wraps when her... Read More