Additional Resources:

• Symphony of the Hawaiʻi Seas (Homepage)
  • About
  • The Team
  • For Educators (keiki field guides)
    • Mele: I Ola Kanaloa, I Ola Kākou
    • Hula: 6-part Tutorial
  • Youth Ocean Art Exhibit
  • UH News: Symphony of the Hawaiʻi Seas unites science, culture, art
• Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra (Homepage)
  • Symphony of the Hawaiʻi Seas
  • Dr. Michael-Thomas Foumai
    • Website
      • Raise Hawaiki
      • Hapa Symphony Series
  • Megan Conley, musician
    • Website
    • Ocean Music Action
• Music Department at UH Mānoa (Homepage)
  • Dr. Takuma Itoh
    • Website
    • Landscape Music: Takuma Itoh
    • 2025 New Music Creator Award
• School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (Homepage)
  • Dr. Rosie Alegado
    • Microbial Ecology & Evolution in Hawaiʻi Laboratory
    • Sea Grant Ulana ʻIke Center of Excellence
• University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program (Homepage)
  • Dr. Beth Lenz
    • Sci-Art Collaborations:
      • Kaiāulu: Rising Together
      • Refuse Refuse
      • Marine and Coastal Scientists as Artists
• Create(x) at UH West Oʻahu (Homepage)
  • Dr. Kari Kēhau Noe, team
  • UH News: Students create visually stunning VR similar to professional experiences
  • Watch: Create(x)
• Kahuku Middle and High School (Homepage)
  • Kaleolani Hanohano, faculty
    • 2024 Hawaiʻi State Teacher’s Association Pono Award
  • The Wind Gourd of La ‘amaomao
    • Introduction: “The gourd, along with the marvelous wind chants naming dozens of local winds, is passed down from La‘amaomao, the Hawaiian wind goddess, to her granddaughter La‘amaomao; to her granddaughter’s son Pāka‘a; to Pāka‘a’s son, Kū-a-Pāka‘a.”
    • Review: “These chants are a lively testimony to the keen observation of natural phenomena by ka po’e kahiko, the Hawaiians of old.”
    • Ulukau: Story of Pākaʻa
    • Watch: The story of Pākaʻa and Kūapakaʻa
• Dillon Valenzuela (Linkedin)

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Symphony of the Hawaiʻi Seas Credits

Conductor: Michael-Thomas Foumai

Narrator: ​​Kaipo Dudoit

Producer: Beth Lenz

Executive Producer: Darren Lerner

Music: Takuma Itoh

Story & Animation: Kalilinoe Detwiler

Education: Anne Rosa

Volunteers: Melissa Price

Symphony Movements:

Hānau ka Pō: Animators: Kari Kēhau Noe, Janae Taclas | Composer: Michael-Thomas Foumai

ʻAuamo Kuleana: Animators: Dillon Valenzuela, Jewel Racasa | Composer: Herb Mahelona

Hoʻonalu: Animator: Sam St John, Edward Ayano | Composer: Logyn Okuda

Makaʻala! Animators: Hailey Napua Rice, Huy G. Nguyen | Composer: Justin Park

I Ola Kanaloa, I Ola Kākou: Mele & Hula: Dr. Rosie ʻAnolani Alegado & Aimee Sato | Under the Guidance of Kumu Hula Kekuhi Kealiʻikanakaʻoleohaililani 

Huliau: Animators: Kieren McKee, Kumu Boz Schurr, 2024 Digital Art Class at Kamehameha Kapālama Campus (assistant) | Composer: Takuma Itoh

Story Advisors:

Rosie ʻAnolani Alegado, Alex Awo, Sara Kahanamoku-Meyer, Herb Lee, Lurline Wailana McGregor, Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor, Aimee Sato, Pelika Andrade, Maile Hoe, Malia Heimuli, Keliʻi Kotubetey, Aude Pacini & Sonia Rowley

Education:

Kennedy Allen, Paola Santini Dosal, Charlotte Frambaugh-Kritzer, Morgan Mamizuka, Lasha-Lynn Hāʻawinalani Salbosa, Kanesa Duncan Seraphin, Lauren  Van Heukelem, Leon Geschwind, Kim Hum, Gavin Iwai, Jennifer McCullough, Justin Umholtz, Eden Zang & Sara Wood

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Symphony of the Hawaiʻi Seas Special Mahalo

Education

Kamehameha Schools – Kapālama Campus, Hawaiʻi Pacific University, Center for Marine Debris Research, University of Hawaiʻi, Office of Indigenous Knowledge & Innovation, University of Hawaiʻi, West Oʻahu, Create(X), Academy for Creative Media, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, College of Arts, Letters, & Languages (English Department &  Music Department), College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resilience (Natural Resources & Environmental Management), School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology, Hawaiʻi Sea Grant (Hanauma Bay Education Program, Marine Science Education Center of Excellence & Ulana ʻIke Center of Excellence), Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (Center for Community Education, Elizabeth Madin Lab, Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve, Marine Ecological Theory Lab, & Marine Mammal Research Program) & Oceanography Department – ME*E Lab)

COMMUNITY & NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Hālau ʻŌhiʻa, Pacific American Foundation, Paepae o Heʻeia, Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana, Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻĀuamo, Mālama Maunalua & Papahānaumakuākea Marine Debris Project

FOUNDATIONS

The McInerney Foundation

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (Inouye Regional Center, National Marine Sanctuaries, Pacific Islands Region, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center & Papahānaumokuākea Sanctuary Advisory Council)