Come experience the multi-faceted experience of Angel Island in its first-ever concert series. From within the detention barracks at the Immigration Station, we’ll be exploring music and stories of the many communities who have connections to the island and its history. A beautiful day on the island, a richness of history, an exploration of the darkness and also the hope that the island represented.

September 14, 2024 @ 11:30AM & 2:00PM

Kaddish: Featuring Music By Derek David

If you'll be in the San Francisco Bay area, we'd love to invite you to join us! Take the ferry from Tiburon or San Francisco. Then bike, walk, or tram to the immigration station.

Be sure to reserve your seat at delquartet.com/island.

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THE CONCERT

We've combined music by Derek David - his Quartet # 4 "Kaddish" and his own performances of Yiddish folk songs with short selections that give a wide view of Jewish-American music, from the Broadway standards of Jerome Kern to Ljova to Bay Area's own Gabriela Lena Frank.

The concert contains a spectrum of emotions: fun Yiddish songs, the Broadway song tradition, and Derek’s personal reflecting on mourning. “Kaddish” explores mourning through two Jewish folk melodies sourced from the Ruth Rubin Legacy Archives, indirectly reflecting on death, dying, and romance.

In a previous Del Sol concert with Derek , the audience - young and old - found a fresh viewpoint on Jewish-American experience, energized around Derek's intensely personal music. Suddenly, Yiddish seemed vital, complex, vibrant, funny and sad - not a dying language at all.

THE HISTORY

Approximately 8,000 Jews and Russians passed through Angel Island between 1910 and 1940.. According to the Angel Island Immigration Center’s Immigrant Voices Project, “historians have explored the long and often unjust treatment of Japanese and Chinese on Angel Island, much less is known about the thousands of Russians, Eastern Europeans and Jews who came to the U.S. via Asia.”

Two distinct waves included:

= Large numbers of Russian, Polish, and Lithuanian Jews began arriving at Angel Island in 1915. They were mainly men who had left their homes to escape the turmoil of war and military duty.

=At least 500 Jewish refugees made it to San Francisco and Yokohama in 1939 and 1940 to escape Nazi regimes.

The word “departure” generally refers to the physical act of leaving a place. However, departure also indicates a deviation from one’s traditional course of action or way of thinking.

As we close out this season of Sounds Current, Charlton and esteemed collaborators reflect on their experiences related to the development and subsequent productions of Angel Island. How have the music, the conversations, and their experiences on Angel Island shaped their understanding of the current immigration debate in the US and beyond? How has being a part of the project affected their personal narratives and understanding of family history? And what does the future hold for this project as a whole?

And how is the audience receiving the piece? For the first time in this series, we hear immediate reactions..

Part 4 Features:

Matthew Ozawa, Stage Director, New York premiere of Angel Island

Andi Wong, Teaching Artist and Arts Advocate

Genny Lim, Poet, Playwright, Performer, and Pioneer

Casey Dexter-Lee, State Park Interpreter II for Angel Island

Susan Moffat, Principal, Future Histories Studio

Huang Ruo, Composer, Angel Island

Ben Kreith, Del Sol Quartet violinist

Kathryn Bates, Del Sol Quartet cellist

Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Del Sol Quartet violinist

Sidney Chen, Singer, Volti San Francisco

Ed Tepporn, Executive Director, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation

And numerous audience members from the Next Wave Festival, co-presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music and Prototype Festival, Produced by Beth Morrison Projects in association with Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Featured Music Provided By:

Meilina Tsui

Byron Au Yong

Theresa Wong

Timo Chen

Taylor Ho Bynum

Erika Oba

Juri Seo

Order Huang Ruo’s A Dust in Time here, listen in Spotify or your favorite music streaming service.

The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation invites you to Immigrant Voices, a growing archive of personal stories of Pacific Coast immigrants. Explore here.

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CREDITS:

Hosted by Charlton Lee

Produced by Andrea Klunder, The Creative Impostor Studios, Charlton Lee, Kathryn Bates, Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Ben Kreith

Story Editor: Andrea Klunder

Sound Design: Andrea Klunder

Technical Director & Post Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz

Field Producer & Recording Engineer: Kathryn Bates

Field Producer: Verena Lee

Podcast Manager: Alex Riegler

Show Notes: Lisa Widder

Cover Art: Felicia Lee

Theme Music: Charlton Lee

Executive Producers: Andrea Fellows Fineberg, Don Fineberg

Featured music from The Angel Island Oratorio composed by Huang Ruo. Performed by Del Sol Quartet & United States Air Force Band's Singing Sergeants / National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, recording and edited by Suraya Mohamed.

We never experience a story in the same way twice. Sure, key elements remain firmly in place, but variables like political era, maturity, staging, and even the weather permeate each telling and play a vital part in the life of the piece.

Charlton invites Del Sol collaborators to elaborate on their roles in the creation, performance, and ongoing support of The Angel Island Project. What role did the COVID-19 pandemic play in the development of the piece? What was it like to play the oratorio in the place that inspired it? How has interpretation of the piece expanded outside the confines of Angel Island? What can art teach us about 20th-century immigration policies, and how can it inform 21st-century solutions?

Part 3 Features:

Huang Ruo, Composer, Angel Island

Sidney Chen, Singer, Volti San Francisco

Kathryn Bates, Del Sol Quartet Cellist

Andi Wong, Teaching Artist and Arts Advocate

Susan Moffat, Principal, Future Histories Studio

Ben Kreith, Del Sol Quartet Violinist

Casey Dexter-Lee, State Park Interpreter II for Angel Island

Genny Lim, Poet, Playwright, Performer, Pioneer

Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Del Sol Quartet Violinist

Taylor S. Armstrong, Senior Master Sergeant, United States Air Force Band

Featured Music Provided By:

Erika Oba

Timo Chen

Byron Au Yong

Theresa Wong

Jungyoon Wie

Order Huang Ruo’s A Dust in Time here, listen in Spotify or your favorite music streaming service.

The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation invites you to Immigrant Voices, a growing archive of personal stories of Pacific Coast immigrants. Explore here.

LEARN MORE

https://www.delsolquartet.com/podcast

Del Sol Quartet on Spotify

Facebook

Instagram

YouTube

CREDITS

Hosted by Charlton Lee

Produced by Andrea Klunder, The Creative Impostor Studios, Charlton Lee, Kathryn Bates, Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Ben Kreith

Story Editor: Andrea Klunder

Sound Design: Andrea Klunder

Technical Director & Post Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz

Field Producer & Recording Engineer: Kathryn Bates

Field Producer: Verena Lee

Podcast Manager: Alex Riegler

Show Notes: Lisa Widder

Cover Art: Felicia Lee

Theme Music: Charlton Lee

Executive Producers: Andrea Fellows Fineberg, Don Fineberg

Featured music from A Dust in Time and The Angel Island Oratorio composed by Huang Ruo. Performed by Del Sol Quartet. Angel Island also features the United States Air Force Band's Singing Sergeants / National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, recorded and edited by Suraya Mohamed.