Salisbury, England (CBS News) -- When you hear the word "ukelele", you probably think Hawaii or Tiny Tim. Well, England has a whole orchestra of them. It's not quite like any orchestra you may have ...

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain doesn’t possess the same gravitas in the orchestral world as say, the London Philharmonic. But Mitch Gershenfeld, president and CEO of the McCallum Theatre, ...

The ukulele is a dangerous instrument. A little bit of uke, applied by discerning musicians, can be a good thing. Too much of the four-stringed, beach baby guitar, though, can drown a listener so ...

So many of us think we’re too busy, too clumsy, or too damn old to learn music; and even if we play, we’re often too self-conscious to let loose in public. On December 15, the Ukulele Orchestra of ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 1 at UCSB Campbell Hall. Four decades (and 400 million plucks) since its founding, the Ukulele Orchestra of ...

DORTMUND, Germany — At 5:30 p.m. backstage at a concert hall here a few weeks ago, a security guard delivers a small brown bag from a chocolate shop in Paris. Devouring the contents is not a folk-rock ...

SILVER LAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Ukulele Orchestra of the Western Hemisphere performed at the historic El Cid restaurant in Silver Lake Thursday. The members range in age from 15 to 65, and if ...

George Hinchliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is coming to Houston, courtesy of the Society for the Performing Arts. Credit: Photo by Allison Burke Puppies, cute babies, ice cream cones and ...

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will perform at Stanford Live on March 23. Courtesy Stafan Mager. A ukulele band walks into Windsor Castle to play for the queen … It’s not the set-up for a joke ...

Nearly everything about the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is improbable. The orchestra began in 1985 when George Hinchliffe met seven other ukulele players and decided to play a gig. Thirty years ...

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain was initially formed as a bit of fun. When the late Kitty Lux expressed interest in learning more about musical harmony, her friend George Hinchliffe provided ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - If you have ever had a night out for dinner in the St. Andrews area, there’s a good chance you have heard the Ukulele Orchestra of St. Andrews. You can hear them play ...