🎶✨ Ukulele Weekend 2025 at Ashokan ✨🎶

Join us for a joyful, music-filled retreat in the woods! This all-levels weekend features inspiring workshops, nightly jams, open mic, woodland walks, and good vibes all around.

🏡 Private Rooms Still Available:
• Longhouse – $450
• Red Maple (Accessible) – $540
• Sycamore (Upstairs) – $690
Book your room now—limited availability!

Meet the performers!

Andy Wilson is a multi-instrumentalist best known for his work on harmonica, trumpet, and ukulele with Michigan-based bands like Steppin’ In It and The Springtails. A skilled jazz player and arranger, Andy’s ukulele style blends chord-melody sophistication with playful charm, drawing inspiration from legends like Lyle Ritz and Ohta San. He’s performed across the country and brings deep musicality, a love of improvisation, and a warm teaching style to the ukulele world. His family has caught the uke bug too, forming the Wilson Family Ukulele Obsession.

Ray Cygrymus has taught elementary music for over 30 years and has inspired thousands of students with his enthusiastic and creative approach to the ukulele. A Pittsburgh native with a background in voice, Ray is also a seasoned stage performer and festival clinician. He’s known for his fun, effects-based playing style, and his workshops emphasize musical exploration, creativity, and confidence-building. Ray brings boundless energy and a love of connection to everything he does.

Avery Hill is a celebrated educator, performer, and storyteller based in Portland, Oregon. Since 2013, she has taught ukulele to students of all ages through her private studio, festival workshops, and online tutorials. Her teaching emphasizes self-expression, musical understanding, and joy—often sprinkled with humor and insight. Avery also writes and performs original music, and her latest album Dreams & Ghosts: A Family Album showcases her thoughtful songwriting and emotional range.

Victoria Vox is an award-winning singer-songwriter and Berklee-trained musician known for her vibrant stage presence and unique “mouth trumpet” technique. With over 20 years of performing and teaching experience, she has released multiple albums and performed around the world, including on The Tonight Show. Her workshops blend technique, creativity, and fun, empowering players at all levels to find their musical voice. Victoria’s passion for the ukulele is contagious, and she brings a fresh, professional energy to every event.

Cindy Miller is the driving force behind the award-winning Unlikely Strummers, a high-energy ensemble based in Massachusetts known for their creative mashups and show-stopping performances. She’s a certified instructor through the James Hill Ukulele Initiative and serves as a mentor in the program, bringing a high level of pedagogical training to her teaching. Cindy has performed with the Legacy Ukulele Ensemble, opened for Jake Shimabukuro, and teaches community classes year-round. Her workshops are packed with practical skills, musical inspiration, and a whole lot of fun.

Ben Hassenger has been called the "Ukulele Ambassador of Michigan" for good reason. A lifelong musician and songwriter, Ben teaches ukulele to students of all ages, leads the Lansing Area Ukulele Group, and organizes events like Mighty Uke Day, Midwest Uke Camp, and Interlochen’s Uketoberfest. He’s known for his engaging stage presence, original songs about dogs, food, love, and Michigan life, and his work as an Ohana Ukulele Teaching Artist. With two songs in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and decades of experience performing and teaching, Ben brings humor, heart, and community spirit to every strum.