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BIO:

Guido Heistek holds a B.F.A. Music from Concordia University in Montreal and is a CANSTAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique. He makes his home in Vancouver, BC.  Guido has performed in the US, Japan, Canada and Europe, and has worked as both an arranger and consultant for stage and film. Guido teaches private and small group lessons at his downtown studio: Yaletown Music . In 2011, Guido released Hear the Strum,  an instructional DVD which teaches ukulele students how to strum by ear and from the heart. In 2013 he released a CD, Guido Heistek - Solo Ukulele. In 2016, Guido released The Chord Melody Book for Ukulele.

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VIDEOS:

I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE:

BLUE BOSSA:

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW:

HEISTEK and PLATO:

BLUES JUST TAKE THEIR TIME (Heistek and Plato):

DON'T TAKE TOO LONG (Madeleine Peyroux):