Videos
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Entranced (until the End of the Closing Credits) (7/Apr/2021)
A piece for baritone ukulele writen by Choan Gálvez in an unashamedly Romantic style and aesthetic. Dedicated to and performed by Donald Bousted. -
The Cheerless Walk (28/Mar/2021)
Trouble, anxiety and sadness are emotions that can be put into music and expressed through the ukulele. -
For Crispr (a Goodbye) (7/Mar/2021)
A serious ukulele piece, slow, sad, and beautiful that I wrote in mourn for one of the family pets. -
A. P. Drove Me to Tears (22/Feb/2021)
A wonderful 'adagio' composed by Choan Gálvez for ukulele with scordatura. Performance by Giovanni Albini. -
Waltz for Alira (16/Feb/2021)
A jazz-waltz lullaby for solo ukulele, written and performed by Choan Gálvez -
Sitting by the Fountain (6/Feb/2021)
Add my fondness for waltzes, my passion for the guitar music from the 19th century, my tendency to use unexpected dissonances, sit by a fountain, and you'll get just this. -
Тоска (Toska) (3/Feb/2021)
A piece in which I take the classical tremolo guitar technique to the ukulele. Performed here by Donald Bousted. -
Speak Low (15/Nov/2020)
A Kurt Weill's tune that has reached the status of jazz standard. -
Stompin' at the Savoy (10/Nov/2020)
Edgar Sampson's jazz standard, arranged for solo ukulele -
Dinah (1/Nov/2020)
A popular standard from 1925, played on solo ukulele by Choan Gálvez.