“What a joy it has been to work with Director Xiao Li on his gorgeous and heartfelt documentary series, “Qinghai: Our National Park”! Located high on the Tibetan plateau, Qinghai is one of the world’s greatest natural sanctuaries. The national park was established just last year in 2020, and is China’s first in its new national park system (previously this area was called the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve). The region contains the headwaters of China’s three great rivers: the Yangtze, the Yellow, and the Mekong. This series changed my understanding of how China is trying to reverse the negative impacts decades of industrialization has had on its environment. It gave me hope that China and other countries will work harder to preserve and restore ever-diminishing wild habitats.”

“...desperately emotional, and powerfully beautiful [...]

...brilliantly conveys the message of hope that came from these two cultures coming together.”

“Harbor From The Holocaust was shaping up to be a compelling story with solid narratives. When Chad’s score was added, it amplified the emotional connection with deep colors, rich texture and truly unexpected meaning. Chad brought incredible sensitivity and authenticity to this important story”

“Chad Cannon’s CyberWork and the American Dream is a rare entry in the increasingly dwindling use of American minimalism in film music. Cannon uses recurring themes constructed with a level variance in instrumentation and tone not commonly seen in the genre, staging the issue of technology’s ever-increasing encroachment into daily life.”

“‘Transcendent’, speaks volumes for the high level of creativity flourishing in the 21st century. [...] [Cannon’s] songs are concise and trenchant, with glistening sonorities complementing fervent vocal lines.”

“There is music so new, so original, so contemplative, and so deeply felt that it makes you want to listen, and then demands that you listen again. It’s music whose layers peel back over time, as it draws you deeper into its mysteries. ”

“Chad Cannon’s ‘Wild Grass on the Riverbank’ takes its text from Hiromi Ito’s book-length poem of the same name and consists of six movements that create a dramatic, musical film that makes good on the composer’s goal to capture “the essence of Ms Ito’s experiences as a young Japanese immigrant in the United States””