Ukulele Lessons in Utah
What ukulele lessons cost across Utah, and how to find the right teacher.
Ukulele lesson prices across Utah
A one-hour ukulele lesson in Utah typically costs $59 to $89, and a half hour $32 to $49. Most towns sit close to that range. The Vernal area runs highest, up to $95 an hour.
Every town has two guides: an ukulele lessons guide, with local schools, events and places to play, and a costs guide, with that town's prices in detail.
| Town | 30 minutes | One hour | Guides |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City area | |||
| Salt Lake City | $32–$49 | $59–$89 | LessonsCosts |
| West Valley City | $32–$50 | $59–$92 | LessonsCosts |
| West Jordan | $32–$50 | $59–$91 | LessonsCosts |
| Sandy | $32–$50 | $59–$92 | LessonsCosts |
| South Jordan | $32–$50 | $59–$91 | LessonsCosts |
| Millcreek | $32–$50 | $59–$92 | LessonsCosts |
| Herriman | $32–$49 | $59–$90 | LessonsCosts |
| Taylorsville | $32–$51 | $60–$93 | LessonsCosts |
| Draper | $32–$49 | $59–$89 | LessonsCosts |
| Murray | $32–$50 | $59–$92 | LessonsCosts |
| Riverton | $32–$50 | $59–$91 | LessonsCosts |
| Tooele | $32–$49 | $59–$89 | LessonsCosts |
| Kearns | $33–$51 | $60–$94 | LessonsCosts |
| Midvale | $33–$51 | $60–$93 | LessonsCosts |
| Cottonwood Heights | $32–$50 | $59–$91 | LessonsCosts |
| Holladay | $32–$50 | $59–$91 | LessonsCosts |
| Magna | $32–$49 | $59–$89 | LessonsCosts |
| South Salt Lake | $32–$50 | $59–$91 | LessonsCosts |
| Bluffdale | $32–$49 | $59–$89 | LessonsCosts |
| Grantsville | $32–$46 | $58–$85 | LessonsCosts |
| Stansbury Park | $32–$50 | $59–$92 | LessonsCosts |
| Provo area | |||
| Provo | $32–$47 | $58–$86 | LessonsCosts |
| Orem | $32–$48 | $59–$88 | LessonsCosts |
| Lehi | $32–$47 | $59–$87 | LessonsCosts |
| Eagle Mountain | $32–$46 | $58–$84 | LessonsCosts |
| Saratoga Springs | $32–$47 | $58–$86 | LessonsCosts |
| Spanish Fork | $32–$47 | $58–$86 | LessonsCosts |
| Pleasant Grove | $32–$48 | $59–$88 | LessonsCosts |
| American Fork | $32–$48 | $59–$87 | LessonsCosts |
| Springville | $32–$47 | $58–$86 | LessonsCosts |
| Payson | $32–$46 | $58–$85 | LessonsCosts |
| Highland | $32–$47 | $58–$86 | LessonsCosts |
| Santaquin | $32–$46 | $58–$84 | LessonsCosts |
| Vineyard | $32–$47 | $59–$87 | LessonsCosts |
| Mapleton | $32–$45 | $58–$83 | LessonsCosts |
| Lindon | $32–$46 | $58–$85 | LessonsCosts |
| Alpine | $32–$46 | $58–$85 | LessonsCosts |
| Ogden area | |||
| Ogden | $32–$49 | $59–$90 | LessonsCosts |
| Layton | $32–$50 | $59–$91 | LessonsCosts |
| Bountiful | $32–$49 | $59–$90 | LessonsCosts |
| Roy | $32–$50 | $59–$91 | LessonsCosts |
| Syracuse | $32–$49 | $59–$90 | LessonsCosts |
| Clearfield | $32–$50 | $59–$91 | LessonsCosts |
| Kaysville | $32–$49 | $59–$90 | LessonsCosts |
| Farmington | $32–$49 | $59–$90 | LessonsCosts |
| Clinton | $32–$50 | $59–$91 | LessonsCosts |
| North Salt Lake | $32–$49 | $59–$90 | LessonsCosts |
| North Ogden | $32–$49 | $59–$90 | LessonsCosts |
| West Haven | $32–$48 | $59–$89 | LessonsCosts |
| South Ogden | $32–$50 | $59–$91 | LessonsCosts |
| Centerville | $32–$49 | $59–$90 | LessonsCosts |
| West Point | $32–$48 | $59–$88 | LessonsCosts |
| Woods Cross | $32–$49 | $59–$90 | LessonsCosts |
| Pleasant View | $32–$48 | $59–$88 | LessonsCosts |
| St. George area | |||
| St. George | $32–$49 | $59–$89 | LessonsCosts |
| Washington | $32–$48 | $59–$88 | LessonsCosts |
| Hurricane | $32–$47 | $58–$86 | LessonsCosts |
| Logan area | |||
| Logan | $32–$47 | $58–$86 | LessonsCosts |
| Smithfield | $32–$46 | $58–$85 | LessonsCosts |
| North Logan | $32–$46 | $58–$84 | LessonsCosts |
| Hyrum | $32–$46 | $58–$84 | LessonsCosts |
| Brigham City area | |||
| Brigham City | $32–$46 | $58–$85 | LessonsCosts |
| Tremonton | $32–$48 | $59–$88 | LessonsCosts |
| Other Utah towns | |||
| Cedar City | $32–$50 | $59–$91 | LessonsCosts |
| Heber | $32–$46 | $58–$84 | LessonsCosts |
| Vernal | $33–$52 | $60–$95 | LessonsCosts |
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How ukulele learning works in Utah
How does ukulele fit school music in Utah?
Utah includes music in its K–6 arts core, and students must earn 1.5 high school arts credits, which can come from music or another arts subject. School music options differ by district: Wasatch Elementary in Salt Lake City offers band, string orchestra, or choir in fifth grade, while Altara Elementary in Sandy offers choir in grades 3–5 and orchestra in grades 4–5. These ensembles do not name ukulele, so private lessons can give you or your child a focused way to build ukulele skills alongside the music options at school.
Who runs what for Utah ukulele players?
Utah’s student music opportunities are organized around school ensembles and solo events, rather than a ukulele-specific state orchestra or band. The Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) runs a State Solo and Ensemble Festival for qualifying high school students, while the Utah Music Teachers Association (UMTA) offers noncompetitive performance evaluations for ukulele players at all levels. The Utah Music Educators Association (UMEA) serves school music educators and supports learning opportunities, but its state festivals focus on orchestra, band, and choir. Knowing the distinction helps you choose between a school route, an evaluation, or both.
Who runs what in Utah
Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA)
- Runs
- Runs the State Solo and Ensemble Festival for qualifying students.
- For
- High school students qualifying through a region festival
Utah Music Teachers Association (UMTA)
- Runs
- Runs noncompetitive performance evaluations and student competitions.
- For
- Students entered by participating teachers
Auditions and events in Utah
How does an ukulele player reach Utah's top student honors?
Utah’s clearest route to a state-level school honor begins with a region solo or ensemble festival, where high school students qualify for the next stage. The UHSAA State Solo and Ensemble Festival is scheduled for May 1, 2027, and the state entry deadline is April 10. Its North and South sites are still to be determined. A separate option is UMTA Performance Evaluations: they are noncompetitive, provide written adjudicator comments, and judges may select entries for an Honors Recital. The first route recognizes students who qualify through a region festival; the second gives ukulele players a structured performance experience without a competition.
The ukulele route in Utah, step by step
- Region festivalHigh school students qualify through a region solo or ensemble festival before state entry.
- State entryThe UHSAA state solo-and-ensemble entry deadline is April 10, 2027.
The Utah ukulele year
UHSAA State Solo and Ensemble FestivalUHSAAStart the piece Nov to Feb
Working on the event piece, 3 to 6 monthsEvent
What do auditions ask you to prepare?
Utah’s UMTA Performance Evaluations accept ukulele and allow students in grades K–9 to perform repertoire in any style, including arrangements, within seven minutes. Students in grades 10–12 choose unarranged repertoire from Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Contemporary styles and have ten minutes. Memorization is encouraged but not required; an unmemorized performer uses an original copy, with a second original copy for the judge. Weekly lessons give a player time to shape a piece, polish rhythm and chord changes, and grow comfortable performing; a competition or event piece typically takes three to six months to prepare.
What else is there to enter?
Students who want feedback without a contest can enter UMTA Performance Evaluations, which welcome ukulele players at every level and include written comments from an adjudicator. For those drawn to a creative route, UMTA’s composition competition gives students a chance to submit original work; its student entry fees differ by school age group. These options let a player build performance or composition experience without relying only on the qualifying route to the UHSAA state festival.
Homeschool and private school students
Homeschool students can pursue UMTA Performance Evaluations through a participating teacher; the evaluations welcome ukulele players at all levels. Northern Utah Youth Ensembles offers a youth chamber orchestra, but it is for string players and recommends two years of string-instrument experience, so it is not a ukulele ensemble option. For a homeschool ukulele player, the evaluations provide a direct way to perform for an adjudicator and receive written comments.
Starting at any age
Starting a child on ukulele
Ukulele suits many children once they can hold the instrument comfortably and follow a short practice routine; there is no school starting grade because Utah schools do not have a standard ukulele ensemble. That makes private lessons a practical first step rather than something a child must wait to begin. A teacher can introduce chord shapes, rhythm, and simple melody reading at a pace that fits the child, then help connect those skills to school choir, band, or orchestra if the child later joins one. Weekly lessons also give a young player feedback while the basics are still forming.
A teen in Utah
For a teen who wants a performance goal, UMTA’s noncompetitive evaluations offer a clear option alongside schoolwork: students receive written adjudicator comments, and some are selected for an Honors Recital. A weekly lesson gives you or your child a regular place to shape a piece and build confidence without adding another group rehearsal. That can suit a student who wants focused individual progress, whether music is already part of the school week or not.
Starting or coming back as an adult
Adults can play ukulele with others through Salt Lake Strummers in Cottonwood Heights, which welcomes any skill level at its monthly free jam, or Logan Library’s adult play-along, where children ten and older may attend with a guardian. In South Jordan, Daybreak Folk Jam Club welcomes all acoustic instruments, and Salt Lake City’s Utah Folk Orchestra accepts all instruments without auditions. It is not too late to begin or return to music; our one-on-one teacher starts from your experience and helps you make steady progress toward playing with others.
Finding the right teacher
What should a good ukulele teacher do?
A strong ukulele teacher gives you or your child more than chord shapes: they help build steady rhythm, clean transitions, listening, and confident playing in a chosen style. For a student preparing a Utah evaluation, the teacher can shape an appropriate performance piece and help the player feel ready to perform for an adjudicator. Training matters, but fit matters too; a younger beginner, a teen with a school schedule, and an adult returning to music need different pacing. Every Lesson With You teacher holds at least a bachelor’s degree in guitar, and you can choose a teacher yourself or ask us to recommend one.
How do live online ukulele lessons work?
A live Zoom lesson lets a teacher hear your rhythm and tone in real time and see how your hands form chords and strum, so they can correct small movements while you play. Set the ukulele where both hands are visible, with the camera steady and the instrument in tune. In Salt Lake City or Santaquin, you get the same choice of teacher and the same one-on-one weekly lesson, without a commute or a limit to whoever is closest. One dedicated teacher gets to know how you learn, making a weekly routine easier to keep at home.
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Where to hear ukulele
For a different sound, the Moab Folk Festival celebrates folk music and related genres, giving families a chance to hear acoustic styles beyond the ukulele’s usual solo setting. In Vernal, Vernal Excitement is a free community event on Thursday nights from June through mid-July, featuring local talent, so a ukulele player can hear music close to home.
Where to play with others
Ukulele players can make music with others in informal settings as well as organized groups. In Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake Strummers holds a free monthly jam open to any skill level; in Logan, the library’s monthly play-along welcomes adults and children age 10 and up with a guardian. In Salt Lake City, Utah Folk Orchestra is a monthly community ensemble open to all instruments and skill levels, with no audition. A casual jam offers a low-pressure start, while an ensemble provides a more regular group experience.
Ukulele around Utah, area by area
Provo area
Provo’s Rooftop Concert Series has a free season opener in mid-May at Nu Skin Plaza, giving families an outdoor live-music option. The Utah Symphony’s summer tour also brings free outdoor performances to the Provo area and communities throughout Utah. These concerts are not ukulele-specific, but hearing performers together can help a student connect solo practice with live music.
- School year
- Aug 19 to May 28, 38 lesson weeks (Provo City School District)
- Town guides
- Provo, Orem, Lehi, Eagle Mountain, Saratoga Springs, Spanish Fork, Pleasant Grove, American Fork
Cedar City area
Families in Cedar City can hear live music through the Johnson Arts Center Summer Concert Series, which is free to attend. It gives a ukulele player a local way to hear performers in a concert setting and experience music beyond home practice.
- School year
- Aug 12 to May 26, 40 lesson weeks (Iron County School District)
- Town guides
- Cedar City
Brigham City area
Brigham City’s TaVaci is a children’s performance group with concerts in December and May. For listening, Mount Logan Symphony concerts in Logan are free and family friendly, giving families another live-music option in northern Utah. Together, these opportunities let a young player encounter both children’s performance and ensemble music.
- School year
- Aug 26 to Jun 3, 39 lesson weeks (Box Elder School District)
- Town guides
- Brigham City, Tremonton
Heber area
In Heber, families can look to Salt Lake City for live performances beyond home practice. Students ages 5 and older can get discounted tickets to many Utah Symphony performances, and Utah Opera offers free dress-rehearsal tickets to public, charter, and online school students in grades 7–12; private and homeschool students pay $5. Hearing music in a concert setting gives a ukulele player a chance to listen beyond the instrument’s usual solo role.
- Town guides
- Heber
A little ukulele history in Utah
Utah’s ukulele story has a clear local thread: the Utah Ukulele Festival began in 2013 when Logan residents David Manoa and Jeffery Olsen set out to share Hawaiian culture and music with Cache Valley. In Provo, KLŌS makes carbon-fiber ukuleles, while Utah-based trio The Birdwatchers built a ukulele-driven sound and performed internationally. For a student, that history shows the instrument has a place in Utah’s own musical life as well as in Hawaiian traditions. Learning it can connect everyday chord playing with a local festival tradition and a broader range of musical styles.
Start Ukulele Lessons in Utah with a Free First Lesson
- One teacher, one student, one personalized plan
- Weekly options for changing family calendars
- Develop chord changes, strumming, songs, and confidence
- Meet your teacher in a free first lesson
Frequently Asked Questions
Choose a teacher who can hear your rhythm, watch your chord changes, and shape lessons around your goals. Lesson With You offers live one-on-one Zoom lessons with a dedicated teacher who holds at least a bachelor’s degree in guitar; you can choose a teacher or ask us to recommend one.
Yes, a teacher can hear timing and tone and see both hands in real time, then give immediate feedback on chord shapes and strumming. Lessons are live over Zoom, so you avoid a commute and can work with a teacher who fits rather than only the closest option.
A high school student first qualifies through a region solo or ensemble festival, then can enter the UHSAA State Solo and Ensemble Festival. Ukulele players also have UMTA Performance Evaluations, a noncompetitive path with written feedback and possible selection for an Honors Recital.
Homeschool students can enter UMTA Performance Evaluations through a participating teacher, and those evaluations welcome ukulele. The UHSAA state festival is for students qualifying through a region festival, so homeschool families should not assume that school route applies to them.
A child can begin when they can comfortably hold the ukulele and follow a short practice routine; there is no school ukulele ensemble grade to wait for in Utah. A teacher can start with simple rhythm and chord work, then adjust as the child grows.
No, adults can start or return to ukulele at any age. Salt Lake Strummers in Cottonwood Heights welcomes players of all skill levels, and a weekly teacher can meet you where you are and build toward playing with others.
Ukulele lessons in Utah typically cost about $66 an hour, or $32 to $49 for a half hour. Lesson With You charges per lesson with no term to sign up for, and the first lesson is free.