Shirley's Podcast

Shirley

Shirley is an award-winning composer and musician. She is the founder of Happy Diamond Music Studio www.happydiamondmusic.com Shirley writes a music column for a leading newspaper in Hong Kong and has interviewed many influential politicians, business executives, judges, and international artists. In this podcast, Shirley will be discussing various topics from Music and AI, Music education, Is your child a genius to music venues around the world. Happy Diamond Music Studio is a multimedia company specializing in creating educational stories for young children. Using music and lyrics to bring meaningful stories to life, Happy Diamond Music Studios seeks to educate children through engaging stories about nature and our threatened environment, from facts about ecosystems to concepts of conservation. Each story we create seeks to educate children as well as to promote fundamental concepts of friendship, courage, faith, and love. read less
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Episodes

Miniwalla Forest Story
Jun 20 2021
Miniwalla Forest Story
Miniwalla The Forest StoryOn the rainforest island of Java in Indonesia, there is a fascinating animal sanctuary called Miniwalla. Miniwalla is home to many exciting animals from elephants to parrots to dogs and fish and any furry, scaly, or feathered friend who needs protection! A young boy, Henry, and his parents take care of the sanctuary. Henry is a courageous boy who loves animals and nature, but who still has a lot to learn about the world.Miniwalla is the brand new fun app for kids from award-winning composter Shirley Choi. This funny learning app for kids is an educational experience and an interactive e-book. It’s full of sing-a-long songs, curious critters, and amazing adventures.Miniwalla is a free Eduactaional  app for kids that includes:Six stories, each teaching lessons about endangered animals, protecting the environment, and how to be a responsible person.Each story features original music and lyrics, so you can follow along as you learn all about the island rainforest of Java and the incredible creatures who live there.Miniwalla – an app for kids, also touches on topics such as bullying, appreciating other cultures, and teamwork. Through his adventures with both his animal and human friends, Henry learns about environmental conservation and how he can become the person he wants to be.Want you to come along with Henry on his adventures? Head to the App Store and get ready to explore the kids education app – Miniwalla.https://happydiamondmusic.comhttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/miniwalla-the-forest-story/id1257703777https://music.apple.com/gb/album/miniwalla-the-forest-story-ep/1401968927https://www.amazon.com/Miniwalla-Forest-Story-English-Version/dp/B0848QKD57
Educating young children about saving planet earth
May 11 2021
Educating young children about saving planet earth
One of my goals as a composer is to using music and lyrics to bring meaningful stories to life. Through my music and stories, I hopeto educate children through engaging stories about the nature and our threatened environment, from facts about ecosystems to concepts of conservation.  Gulangyu - saving planet earthhttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/gulangyu/id1444996643Download Gulangyu and join our heroine, Xiao Rui, and her friends Na Na the parrot and Henry the baby dragon on a magical, musical adventure to learn about conservation and save the planet. The eight chapter book tells the story of how children can make a difference in the quest to save the planet through reducing, reusing, and recycling.This is the seventh educational app from the award-winning company Happy Diamond Music Studio. The app aims to teach children ages 4+ about conservation while providing them the tools to make a difference in the real world. The story features six original songs by renowned composer, Shirley Choi.When Xiao Rui discovers that her home, Gulangyu (an island off the coast of southeastern China and a UNESCO Heritage Site) is in danger from a gigantic wave that has been caused by global climate change, she is tasked by Riyanshi, the Earth Fairy to undertake an epic journey to stop the wave and learn how she and other children can stop global warming from destroying the planet.In the 80-minute story, Xiao Rui and her companions travel to the Amazon rainforest, icebergs in Greenland, solar farms floating in the lake that used to be a coal mine, and landfills where scientists perform research where they see the effects of climate change up-close and personal.Featuring beautiful original artwork, music your kids will want to sing along to, and a bilingual story (English and Chinese) - Gulangyu is a great opportunity for parents and teachers to start a conversation with even their youngest learners about their own carbon footprint and how they can impact stopping climate change.Conservation has never been as important as it is now, so download Gulangyu today and help kids understand how they can start saving the planet.
Intro to My Music Journey
Mar 30 2021
Intro to My Music Journey
ABOUT SHIRLEY CHOIEducated in the UK and the United States, Shirley is a versatile, award-winning songwriter, children’s book author, and musician, who also writes music columns for various publications around the world. In 2005, Shirley founded Happy Diamond Music Studio.Shirley started learning piano at the age of four, going on to win numerous music talent awards in England. She received her diploma in piano excellence from the Royal School of Music in England. She also received degrees from the University of San Diego and Pepperdine University. Shirley also studied orchestration, film scoring, and music production with Emmy and Grammy Award winners at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) through its extension program.Shirley is also an accomplished bassist. She was a member of the all-girls band So What, and their first single "War Monkey" spent five weeks on top of the Hong Kong Indie Music Chart. In July 2008, she performed her original composition "Under the Blue Sky" on Chinese Central Television. In Nov. 2008, Shirley became the first female bassist to perform at the Chinese National Indoor Stadium (also known as the Olympic Indoor Stadium).Shirley's song "風的期待" (Hope) was 2nd runner-up at the CASH (Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong) songwriting competition in 2009. She performed her symphonic work “Happy Diamond” with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. In November 2011, Shirley was nominated for the Golden Sail Music Awards, where she was a finalist in the "Serious Music Category". In 2012, Shirley's "Voor Robert" score was judged Best "Bandstand" Music in a composition competition in London, England. In 2019, Shirley’s game music “Now or Never” won the silver medal at the Global Music Awards.Shirley also writes a music column for a leading newspaper in Hong Kong and has interviewed many influential politicians, business executives, judges, and international artists.In 2005, Shirley founded Happy Diamond Music Studio, a multimedia production company based in Malibu in California, and Hong Kong. Happy Diamond specializes in creating educational content for young children, with a strong focus on climate change and biodiversity - topics that are very close to Shirley’s heart and reflect her strong drive for environmentalism. All content that the Studio creates, be it apps, ebooks, audiobooks, or printed books, seeks to educate children about the environment, encouraging them to feel compassion for nature and to take an active interest in conservation. They also promote the fundamental concepts of friendship, courage, faith, equality, and love, which makes them an excellent educational resource for teachers and parents. All products and media are distributed worldwide via Google Play Store, iOS App store, public/private libraries, and various digital platforms (e.g., Spotify, Audible. Soundcloud, etc.).https://happydiamondmusic.comhttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/migalolo-ocean-ebook/id950565738https://www.audible.com/pd/Migalolo-The-Ocean-Story-Audiobook/1792320868https://www.amazon.com/Migalolo-Ocean-Story-Saving-Planet-ebook/dp/B083JKC1Y7https://music.apple.com/ca/album/migalolo-the-ocean-musical/1276054317