Paula J. Bishop, Phd
🎶 Musicologist, American music
Paula J. Bishop recently retired from teaching in the music department at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, where she taught a variety of music history and theory courses, including country music. She currently serves as the Technology Director for the Society for American Music and teaches piano and ukulele.
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Gentle Music Theory for ‘Ukulele Players
NOTE: If you registered for the spring 2026 session, you can enter the course by clicking the button below. Are you curious about what a chord actually is? Or how to play a song in a different key (usually to suit your voice better)? Or even what we mean when we say a song is…
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‘Ukulele Mini Festival
I’m putting together a ‘ukulele mini festival to be held on Saturday, January 24, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., in the Heritage Room of Maxwell Library on the campus of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA. The festival is sponsored by the Bridgewater State University Senior College. Our guest instructors are Ken Mattsson and Armand…