KPLU was pleased to welcome ukulele virtuoso, Jake Shimabukuro, into our studios on March 29, 2011. Jake played before not only a record number of KPLU Leadership Circle members, but four young ukulele players from Foster High School we recently featured in an installment of Artscape, which explored the rising popularity of the ukulele in local schools.
Students playing ukuleles is a common sight at Tukwila's Foster High School. The instrument is enjoying a surge in popularity.
Photo by Jennifer Wing/KPLU /
Foster High School students Ryan Javier (l) and Johny Esparza (r). Esparza is part of the ukulele 'fever' spreading at Foster High School. He is Mexican and is learning how to play from his Pacific Islander friends.
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