Typical Girls Meet Ukelear Power, June 2026
our intensive with Bruce Watson’s Ukelear Power saw us learning beautiful guitar and ukulele arrangements for a set of songs over two weekends in June, finishing with a cosy Winter Solstice concert and singalong on Make Music Day, June 21 2026
Women of 90’s Britpop Collaboration with Just Holler Choir, Oct – Nov 2025
a fabulous time learning acoustic, electric and bass guitar parts to accompany Just Holler Choir for their Women of 90’s Britpop Spring 2025 Season, culminating in a beautiful show and tell at Ceres Environment Park in early November.
Chicks with Picks & Women’s Guitar Group Winter School, August 12 – 13 2023
a winter weekend of group music making using pre-learnt material, giving players an experience of playing in a large group with different parts for ukulele, guitar and vocals; an orchestra of fretted instruments.
Read all about what happened at our inaugural Winter School with Chicks with Picks!
Chicks with Picks Summer School, February 1 – 4 2023
we started the musical year with a pick and a strum, joining Chicks wth Picks in Surrey Hills for 4 days of Summer School!
We learnt a great set of songs and enjoyed “performing” them on our last day together, and as part of the Melbourne Ukulele Festival at the Wesley Ann on Sunday 19 March. Great to be part of the festival vibe!
Busking at the Post Office Hotel, December 14 2022
the rain foiled our busking plans, but the silver lining was a real gig in the Post Office Hotel beer garden!
Darebin Songwriters Guild, October 22 2022
members of our Songwriting Group made their debut at the Darebin Songwriters Guild! Rachel also joined Carman’s set on fiddle.
Feminista Vinyl Open Mic, September 18 2022
we had so much fun performing at the Feminista Vinyl Open Mic. The audience was singing along, and our solos were a hit!! Looking forward to the next one already.
Women’s Guitar Group JAM, September 10 2022
Best guitar jam ever! Such a terrific afternoon of music making in good company 
. Thanks Rachel for hosting and taking us through the tunes, your gentle guidance brings out the best in each of us. Looking forward to re-joining the class next term. Catherine
Songwriting Workshop, July 20 2022
Women’s Guitar Group is very excited to present
Rose Turtle Ertler’s Songwriting Workshop
Open to all women and girls, including those who have never written a song as well as those with more experience. BYO your instrument of choice.
Rose has been writing songs for as long as she can remember. Her first original song was about Santa Claus – “Santa, he brings gifts to the kiddies / Santa, he brings the kiddies their goodies.” Brilliant, hey! Over the years, she has experimented with different songwriting methods and has written hundreds of songs on her own as well as collaboratively in bands. http://www.roseturtleertler.com/music
This workshop will be a fun look at some different approaches to songwriting. We’ll look at lyric writing, melody and song structure and explore lots of possibilities for ways to get started on writing a song.
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