NOTES FROM SIX CAT STUDIOS
It has been a while but we think the wait has been worth it! Meet Choi May Ling, born in 1930 in Macau. From a large, close-knit family to wartime hardships, her life spans Macau’s early days, the move to Hong Kong, and a remarkable journey through study, work, and motherhood. A story of perseverance, adapting across eras, and a deep love for fami
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Six Cat Studios was voted into the top five and named Best in Category for Kids' Arts Programme in Expat Living's 2026 Readers' Choice Awards.
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It was an honour and joy to adjudicate at the very first Children's Character Festival in Hong Kong!
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朱楚珠 Nancy Chu Woo , one of Hong Kong’s remarkable contemporary female artists, distinguishes herself by the ever-evolving nuances even with her own highly unique East-West style.
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Our new project, ‘Wander the heart of Hong Kong’ is now online, with monthly interviews from the citizens of Hong Kong.
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Six Cat Studios was voted into the top five and named Best in Category for Kids' Arts Programme in Expat Living's 2025 Readers' Choice Awards.
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I had a lovely time as photographer for the Royal College of Music London alumni event in Hong Kong. Two new favourite people in the world are Lily Harriss , Director of Development at The Royal College of Music | Leading Stakeholder Strategy, Philanthropy and Corporate Partnerships, and Vicky Moran , Head of Events and Corporate Partnerships at t
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What we did was true 'community' in action. 7 to 70 years old, new beginners, regular child/adult learners, 3 parent & child desks in the strings, experienced/advanced amateurs, to some of HK's top professional players. Players from 10 countries all sharing a stage. We were a party of 87 in the end sharing the joy of music making together!
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The Accidental Orchestra received a wonderfully thoughtful review by Emily-Jane Hills Orford . Thank you, Ms.Hills Orford!!
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Picnic Pandaemonium received a wonderfully thoughtful review by Mr. Chad Richins. Thank you, Mr. Richins!!
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Dive into the world of children's picture books! Learn about writing and illustration and explore the design process from start to finish. Learn the ins and outs of working with illustrators and printers, self-publishing, and traditional publishing options.
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Join Six Cat Studios for family fun at the Fringe Youth Festival 2024, as author Aniela Emma Chaudhuri reads her award-winning book "The Accidental Orchestra". Meet the characters, learn about the instruments of the orchestra, and join in the Q&A and musical activity games!
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Wishing you all a very happy, healthy, prosperous and successful Year of the Dragon!
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We are thrilled to announce that we won GOLD in the 2024 Expat Living Awards for Best Kids’ Art Programme..
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Stuart and I had the pleasure of spending the morning at Peak Schoo l. 🙂 We read The Accidental Orchestra, spoke about how a book is born, from first thought, to being on the shelf, and most importantly - we played musical activity games related to our story! 😻 The children were fully engaged and the questions we received demonstrated this. 🎻 There
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January is proving to be happily busy, and Stu and I have hit the ground running. We had the pleasure of working with Hong Kong Living magazine just before Picnic Pandaemonium was launched, and the magazine has published our Meet the Author interview again this month about The Accidental Orchestra. Stu and I have some super exciting news to share s
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It was a great privilege and pleasure to be a part of this wonderful event! Our concert was a great success as the SAR Philharmonic collaborated with the very talented students at the Canadian International School of Hong Kong. Some children played tutti in our orchestra, and others played solo - including Handel's Harp Concerto, Bach' Double Violi
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We had a lovely morning at Bookazine for the reading and signing of Sophia Hotung's new book - The Stowaways Symphony.
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The Dundercats ‘Twelve Days of Christmas Violin Duets Vol. 1’
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Aniela joined Noreen Mir on RTHK Radio 3 to talk about her award winning book The Accidental Orchestra . During the conversation they talked about the inspiration for the cat characters and story ideas, the process of writing, designing and printing the book. She then gave a short reading from the book, leaving it on a cliffhanger! Aniela also spo
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An enormous amount of time, planning, and energy went into organising our tour . There is someone very special whose effort must be acknowledged and celebrated - Carola Richter - bass player of SAR Philharmonic Orchestra , and Die LUfoniker , friend, and all round fabulous lady! Together with her husband, across time zones and often at their own ex
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One of the highlights of our tour was meeting Jens Ritter - celebrated guitar maker to the stars. We discussed our mutual dislike of AI, the importance of freedom for creativity and how sometimes not knowing everything before embarking upon a new project can be a blessing for limitless possibilities.
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Our final performance on tour was in Leimen, again with the AufTakt Orchester. I could relax a little in this one as Julia, my lovely stand partner led this concert, with yet another astoundingly beautiful performance from Maria Held. This one was particularly special for me because my wonderful friend Katrien Leinders drove all the way from Nice t
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Our second concert in Woerth was really good! This time we collaborated with the AufTakt Orchestra from Heidelberg. This joint orchestra comprised over 100 players and it was quite something to lead such a wonderful group. Stuart and I had the pleasure of donating some Accidental Orchestra books and Orchestra SNAP! sets to the new music school, for
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First concert of our tour was a great success! Maria Held played the Bruch Violin Concerto no.1 so perfectly, and it was such a joy for us to join together with the musicians of the SAR Philharmonic Orchestra and Die Lufoniker Orchestra in Ludwigshafen. My stand partner and concertmaster of Lufoniker was just wonderful! The next morning we had a lo
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In Mittenwald (or is it Kittenwald?!) researching and finalising illustrations and more for our new book....coming SOON! 😻😻😻😻😻😻
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This time last year we were putting our first book together. Never did we think that a year later we'd have won an award! We also got an Honorable Mention in the Picture Books 6 and Older category. #picture #picturebook #awardwinning #childrensbooks #orchestra #musicteachersofinstagram #kindergarten #violin #story #illustration #danmccloskeydraws
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Join Ollie and Charlie as they celebrate Christmas with some of the best-loved carols of the festive season. A carol is, traditionally, a joyous dance of praise accompanied by singing and music. Carols have been performed in Europe for millennia. These pagan ‘songs’ were enacted in each season and for the solstice festivals. When early Christians s
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The Accidental Orchestra
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Starting now we are selling SixCatStudios products on our new e-commerce site - Big Cartel . We will be closing the Etsy shop in April. You can still buy our products on Etsy until that time.
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Throwback to 2019, when Six Cat Studios had the privilege to give masterclasses to students in the Friends of El Sistema programme and the Super Kids Violin Group .
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Special thanks to my good friend Tinku (https://www.marccary.com/the-harlem-s...) for helping us on our quest for a great Tokyo jazz experience. Her kind introduction to Tony was the perfect way in to this incredibly musical city. Exuberant, joyful, warm-hearted and welcoming, Tony really was the highlight of our visit. Not only did he help us navi
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An announcement of the December 2019 logbook edition; specifications and purchase arrangements are historical.
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Today we had our Christmas Concert. Our students played wonderfully. Afterwards we had a party with lots of good food and karaoke.
Read story →It was fun making this promo for Jacqueline. We are looking forward to her recital at the end of August. Jacqueline is a fantastic pianist and a true musicologist. more information here
Read story →Carrying eight questions with us from some of our Hong Kong students, we went to Rome to talk to Luthier, Andrea Andalò , about contemporary violin making. Along the way we ate great food, enjoyed blue skies and made friends with some lovely Romans. Andrea was very kind to spend so much time with us to answer the questions of our students. You can
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Thank you to @NoreenMirRTHKradio3 for the opportunity today to share what we are doing in Cambodia.
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3D Printed images on top of your coffee! Stuart had some fun at Cafe Fay, a teeny tiny coffee shop in Shanghai (612 Changle Lu, near Xiangyang Bei Lu 请带我去 静安区长乐路612号，近襄阳北路 - Metro Shaanxi Nan Lu). They're open daily from 10.30am-8.30pm. Phone: 021-158 0210 0170. Blink and you'll miss it! WeChat an image to them and they'll transfer the image to th
Read story →As part of a fundraising raffle for Impact HK , a charity helping homeless people get off the streets, Six Cat Studios donated 5 gift bags of 'Orchestra SNAP!' and greetings cards from our 'Musicians' series. This event is organised by The Hong Kong Women's Choir .
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The Dundercats is a Six Cat Studios music education project involving storybooks, puzzle books, flashcards, games, animation and more. Join Ollie & Charlie, our two music-loving, time-travelling cats, as they picnic their way through centuries of music adventures.
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Thank you to Angels for Children for allowing us to explain what we do with the amazing people at Sunrise Cambodia . Thank you to all our supporters who helped make what we do possible.
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