Hi, I’m Melissa Stevenson

I’m an ukulele teacher living in Silicon Valley. After dabbling with a variety of instruments, I fell in love with the size, sound, and accessibility of the ukulele on a trip to the Big Island of Hawaii. Music is one of the most primitive and natural forms of human expression, yet many of us have the impression that making music has to be complicated and difficult. Through my lessons, books, and tutorials, I do my best to demystify and simplify the process of learning to play ukulele so that you can experience the joy that comes from making music.

Let’s unlock your natural musical ability. Let’s play!

Melissa is a wonderful teacher who will meet you no matter where you are at musically. After the 4 lessons I had gained so much knowledge to be confident in singing and playing the ukelele. I highly recommend her to anyone!

— KIM

Melissa is patient and makes you feel comfortable and confident. I was trying to learn ukulele from just YouTube channels, but it was really helpful to take her lessons to get over the hump. I also had to bring my kids to lessons sometimes and she set up a station for them to play while we did our lesson. I'll definitely miss taking lessons from Musical Mama!

— GAIL

Melissa is awesome! I was playing the uke after my first lesson. She's a great teacher and adds lots of fun to her lessons. 

— ASHLEE

Melissa has a quick but very manageable progression and great tips that allow you to further your learning on your own afterwards. (She is also just a super nice human being that's worth meeting!) I am now able to play enough songs to entertain my kids and/or my friends for a whole evening! Plus I just love how portable, cute-sounding and easy the ukulele is! This is coming from someone who has always loved to sing but never learned and instrument before (until age 40). Highly, highly recommend.

— MATHILDE