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Recita de Samba 2:500:00/2:50
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Assanhado 4:300:00/4:30
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I Have Arrived 7:590:00/7:59
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The Window Cleaner 4:230:00/4:23
“Stu respectfully pushes the Ukulele to brave new heights, while keeping one foot rooted in a number of time honored traditions. He is definitely a part of the American Ukulele revival!”
— Lil' Rev, Author of the Hal Leonard Ukulele Method, Entertainer & Music Historian
Stu's Bio
About Stu Fuchs
Stu Fuchs is a lifelong musician and award-winning teaching artist who blends mindfulness practice with creative play. As a celebrated educator on the ukulele circuit, he has shared his unique workshops and concerts at festivals around the world for more than a decade. His popular YouTube channel, Ukulele Zen, offers holistic ukulele lessons to over 115,000 subscribers.
Stu’s approach combines playful, heart-centered instruction with accessible practices from yoga and mindfulness. His Ukulele Zen retreats and workshops create a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere where players can deepen their skills, quiet the mind, and enjoy the simple joy of making music.
With over 25 years as a professional artist, Stu’s background includes theater, classical and improvised music, and gypsy jazz guitar. His former band Babik was featured on Public Radio International and performed with symphony orchestras across the U.S.
Stu is deeply committed to sharing music as a path of meditation and healing. He received a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts grant for his work offering healing music and meditative arts to cancer patients at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, where he served as artist-in-residence for eight years.
He has also toured and recorded with the renowned sacred chant artist Snatam Kaur, performing on her Grammy-nominated album Beloved (Best New Age Album, 2018).
Learn more about Stu at:
Sample track
Press/Interviews
Feature Article in UK Uke Magazine, May 2026 (England's Ukulele Mag!)
Full interview with the Australian Podcast “Uke is the New Black”
Radio Interview on 101.5 WBNQ (Bloomington-Normal IL) Interview begins 8min, 21 sec from the end of full broadcast
OMEGA INSTITUTE INTERVIEW: "Improvising in Music & Life"
Keene Sentinel: Stuart Fuchs Ewing Arts Award Profile
OZY Magazine: "Why the humble ukulele could be your new Yoga"
Radio Interview (Northampton MA) WHMP
Excellence Reporter: "Is there a meaning to life?"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Atlantic: "The Rise and Fall (and rise) of the Ukulele" (mentioned in the final paragraph)
Rock at Night: "Chatting with Stuart Fuchs"
Podcast on the healing aspects of Music
Click image for a list of past performances, venues and projects
