Ajay Castelino

NZ Children’s Music Awards Finalist 2018

My music has been selected to feature in the album of the finalists for the “New Zealand’s Children’s Music Awards” 2018! This prestigious award showcases the best children’s music produced here in New Zealand each year and I’m proud to have a song featured on this album! You can hear the album on Spotify below:Continue reading “NZ Children’s Music Awards Finalist 2018”

Ukulele Songwriting Award

My song “Happy Holidays” has won the 2nd place in the adult category of the NZ Ukulele Songwriting Awards! It is a great honour to have won a place in such a highly contested songwriting competition! You can hear the song by clicking the play button below!

New Healthy Eating Song Released

Here is a brand new song, The Healthy Eating Song (Featuring Leah Emme)! This release can be got as part of a 10 resource healthy eating pack, making a perfect ready-to-use kit for teachers! The pack can be purchased at TES. Click the following button to purchase it!Included in this Ultimate Pack is: 1. TheContinue reading “New Healthy Eating Song Released”

Featured Author on World-Renowned Education Website

I have had the privilege of being invited to be a featured author on TES. TES is home to the world’s largest online community of teachers, with 7.9 million registered users. They are the foremost education news, analysis and opinion site for teachers, school leaders and other educators, delivered through a global family of news sites, blogs,Continue reading “Featured Author on World-Renowned Education Website”

Lyricist On New International Release

Ahjay Stelino has written the lyrics to the new song by Maria Paulet, “I’ll Remember” The song has released internationally on ITunes, Spotify, Amazon and Deezer. Listen to a sample of the song by clicking on the following Youtube video!

Songwriter for Kid Fit Programme

Ahjay Stelino is now one of the select few providers of songs for the America’s premier kids fitness programme- KID-FIT! Ahjay composes and records custom-made songs for the Kid-Fit fitness and education programmes. This is an exciting partnership for Stelino Studios! Visit KID-FIT Need music for your education programme? Click below to contact Stelino Studios.

Production Music in Award Winning Doco

Ahjay’s production music has been used in the award-winning documentary ‘Birds of a Feather’ by Working Edge Pictures which was a Silver Award Winner for the Spotlight Documentary Film Awards 2015 & an Official Selection for the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival 2016. Contact Ahjay for music for your next film and TV production!

How to use music to assist movement

Check you my latest blog post to Friendship Circle, where you can learn suggestions on how to use music to assist movement! 5 Suggestions for Using Rhythm in Music to Assist Movement

Original White Cane Day Song

I work at the school for people who are blind or have low vision in New Zealand. As part of our music school weekend programme, I led a group that composed and recorded a song to celebrate international White Cane Day 2015. Have a listen on the YouTube Link below. Enjoy!

Songwriting Competition Winner!

My song “WFMT” has been chosen as the theme song for the World Federation of Music Therapy’s 30th anniversary celebrations. It’s an honour to be chosen to be part of this great event. The song can be heard on the World Federation of Music (WFMT) website by clicking the link below: Anniversary Song Contest Winners Enjoy!