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Shirley is a versatile and award-winning composer, songwriter, children's book author and musician. She founded Happy Diamond Music Studio in 2011.
Shirley started piano lessons a...view moreShirley is a versatile and award-winning composer, songwriter, children's book author and musician. She founded Happy Diamond Music Studio in 2011.
Shirley started piano lessons at the age of 4 and won numerous awards in England, Asia, and the USA. She went on to study orchestration, film scoring and music production with Emmy and Grammy Award Winners at UCLA. She now writes a music column for an online publication and is also a contributor for Africa Geographic. All scripts, music and lyric produced by Happy Diamond are created by Shirley.
Shirley is an environmentalist. She hopes her music and stories can help to educate young children about the importance of conservation.
Shirley is also an accomplished bassist. Her all-girl band So What's first single "War Monkey" topped #1 on the Hong Kong Indie Music Chart. She performed her own song "Under the Blue Sky" on Chinese Central Television. In Nov 2008, Shirley became the first female bassist to perform at the Chinese National Indoor Olympic Stadium
Shirley's song “Hope” won 2nd runner-up at the CASH songwriting competition. She performed her symphonic work “Happy Diamond” with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. In November 2011, Shirley was one of the five finalists for the "Golden Sail Music Awards" - "Serious Music Category". In 2012, Shirley's composition "Voor Robert" won the best "Bandstand" music for a composition competition in London, England. In 2014 and 2015, her apps “Kakamega: The Rainforest Story” and “Migalolo: The Ocean Musical” reached #11 and #4 worldwide on the iOS book chart. In 2017, "Miniwalla: The Forest Story" was nominated for Best App Store listing in Germany at the Growth Awards. In 2019, Shirley's "Now or Never" theme song won the Silver Medal at the Global Music Awards.view less