ABOUT THE SHOW

Music for the Ocean is a set of compositions and improvisations by composer-violinist Chad Cannon, performed with pianist Hui Wu. Supported by brand-new, colorful animations by Tim Rauch and sound design / technical direction by Will Chen, the show aims to help people fall in love with marine life and the ocean, and inspire them to take action to help preserve its fragile ecosystems. Our team has a goal of raising $100,000 for Tela Coral, a non-profit working with scientists to build a coral gene / bio bank in Tela, Honduras, to preserve critically endangered elkhorn and other coral species. 

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Featuring

Chad Cannon Composer-Violinist

Chad Cannon is an Emmy-nominated composer and violinist whose work can be heard in the Oscar-winning Netflix documentary American Factory, the BAFTA-winning PlayStation game Ghost of Tsushima (and its Hokkaido-based sequel Ghost of Yotei), and the Peabody-winning HBO film Night is Not Eternal. Other recent credits include Tokyo Cowboy, Join or Die (Netflix), and The Dating Game (Sundance 2025 premiere).

As an arranger and orchestrator, he has worked for Joe Hisaishi, the composer for Hayao Miyazaki’s animated Studio Ghibli films, and has worked on major entertainment franchises such as The Hobbit trilogy, The Secret Life of Pets 1-2, and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Hui Wu Pianist

Praised as “sparkling” by The New York Times and “a rising star” by China Musical Weekly, pianist Hui Wu has recently premiered Etudes and Glassworks with Raiford Rogers Modern Ballet in addition to chamber music engagements with Martin Chalifour, Rainer Honeck, Stefan Dohr and Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson. 

A composer and advocate of new music, Hui has performed and recorded works by composers such as Matthew Aucoin, Du Yun, Huang Ruo, Chen Yi, and Eric Nathan. She studied with Jerome Lowenthal, Matti Raekallio and Phillip Lasser at Juilliard for her BM and MM degrees as well as completed her DMA at USC under the guidance of Stewart Gordon and Donald Crockett

Event-Specific Information

Show order

Part 1 - Coral Reefs (35 mins)

Intermission (10 mins)

Part 2 - The Open Deep (20 mins)

Part 3 - California Coastline (20 mins)

Post-Concert Ocean Science / Coral Conservation Discussion & Q&A

Venue Information

Location Information

  • Lyman Hall, Pomona College Music Dept.
  • 340 N College Ave,, Claremont, CA, 91711 US
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TICKETS (all levels are general admission)

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Ocean-Curious Sea Turtle (Sold Out)

Thanks to Pomona College, we are able to present this show for free!

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Elkhorn Coral Reef Guardian (Sold Out)

This ticket level says "I love what you're doing" and supports us as we plan for future events. You can also just donate to our biobank fundraiser link above!

$50.00
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VIP Add-on

  • VIP Add-On

    VIPs will receive a personalized and signed copy of Tela Coral founder Juli Berwald's LIFE ON THE ROCKS: BUILDING A FUTURE FOR CORAL REEFS, a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, with a donation of

    $25.00 ea.
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