Peninsula Jewish Community Center “Up Close Program” includes music by Derek David, Jungyoon Wie, and more.
The 60 minute program is followed by a “Meet the Artists” reception.
December 14, 2024 @ 12pm
Program: Korean experience on Angel Island
The Del Sol String Quartet, in partnership with Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF), will present a concert highlighting the Korean American immigrant experience in the Bay Area. The concerts will take place at the Angel Island Immigration Station Detention Barracks and is part of the first musical series Angel Island has ever hosted. Each concert of the series highlights a cultural group that immigrated to the United States through Angel Island.
On December 14, 2024, Del Sol violinist Hyeyung Sol Yoon curates a program that explores the long history of Korean immigration to San Francisco, from those seeking refuge from Japanese-occupied Korea in the early 20th century to more recent immigration taking place post-1965. The program will feature San Francisco-based Korean composer Jungyoon Wie’s “Han”, which incorporates traditional Korean lullaby and an elegy that represents the complexity of han, a feeling of collective unresolved anger, grief, and regret amongst the Korean people. The concert will also feature newly-created pieces by gamin and Hyeyung Sol Yoon inspired by the responses of Joy from Korean-American elders of the Korean Community Center of East Bay’s Jikimee Senior Leadership Program.
*Exact time of the concert is subject to change based on ferry schedule changes
The event is free with admission to the Detention Barracks Museum ($5 adult, $3 youth).
This involves a ferry ride.
Visit AIISF’s website to plan your visit. You have to take a ferry from Tiburon or San Francisco. Then you bike, walk, or tram to the immigration station. The show times are arranged to accommodate the ferry schedules.
We’re excited to announce ChamberFest, Del Sol’s annual chamber music workshop for adult amateur string players. In this program, we will explore the relationship between performer and composer and study the works of living composers. This year, we’re thrilled to welcome Shane Cook as our guest composer, with whom we’ll explore the vocal quality of string writing.
Del Sol will perform a concert as part of our annual ChamberFest, including a new work by guest composer Shane Cook.
Program (subject to change):
Shane Cook: New Work (2024)
Ben Johnston: String Quartet no. 4 “Amazing Grace”
Reena Esmail: Zeher
Tania León: Esencia
Carla Kihlstedt and Del Sol Quartet will perform Kihlstedt’s 26 Little Deaths, inspired by Edward Gorey’s macabre alphabet book, The Gashlycrumb Tinies. Moving between art song, pop song, and cabaret, this hour-long song cycle captures the pathos, humor, and wit of Gorey’s iconic images.
Del Sol is honored to be a part of the West Coast premiere of Kendrick Scott’s multimedia project Unearthed. Combining poetry, visuals, string quartet, and a jazz ensemble, this moving work memorializes the Sugar Land 95 – the 95 unidentified Black prisoners and forced laborers found buried in the Texas town of Sugar Land in 2018.
We are excited to announce Del Sol Quartet as one of Chamber Music America’s inaugural Ensembles in Residence! The Quartet will be presenting a program (TBA) as part of CMA’s Friday Festival event.
Admission to the evening performances, beginning at 8:00pm, is included with conference registration. Concert-only tickets are available for non-conference attendees.
Nebraskans! Join us for a night of music at the Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music.
Program
Shelley Washington: Say
Reena Esmail: Zeher
Tania León: Esencia
Huang Ruo: excerpts from Angel Island
Ben Johnston: String Quartet no. 4 “Amazing Grace”
As part of our residency at the University of Missouri Kansas City, Del Sol will perform new works by UMKC student composers.
As part of our residency at the Univeristy of Iowa School of Music, Del Sol will participate in workshops and talks with University of Iowa students.
Mark your calendars! More details coming soon.
CANCELLED
Join us at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on November 7 for a night of music by Michael Gilbertson, including the world premiere of his new piece for string quartet and ondes martenot, an electronic musical instrument invented in the late 1920’s.
The world premiere of Matthew Welch’s 50 minute String Quartet # 3 Terra Incognita
Program also includes the premiere of Eudimorphodon, Welch’s new bagpipe/sax duo with Dan Plonsey
From Matthew:
Terra Incognita is my monolithic treatise in harmony, counterpoint and structure. This minimalist tome was slowly composed over the course of five years. The contrapuntal lines of Observing Organisms grow directly out of the harmonies explored in Fossil Formations. My third work string quartet, this one is fashioned into two movements that are respectively slow (30 min) and fast (20 min). Terra Incognita is dedicated to my son Mason Reid Welch-Lueck.
"Ka-plunk Ka-plunk" A spooky historic tale from Angel Island State Park
When Fri, October 4, 9:00am – 9:45am
Join us at Angel Island State Park for a spooky retelling of a real newspaper story that happened in 1907 on the island. Learn about the "devil" of Angel Island that went ka-plunk ka-plunk in the night...
After a choose-your-own-adventure retelling of the historic tale, learn about the history behind Angel Island's quarantine station and its connections to the military and medical history of the time. With special musical guests from Del Sol Quartet.
Pre-registration is required: https://ports-ca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dFqqpmxZQt-TWWJw4H3k9Q
Join us in celebrating the Inaugural Cambodia Day, a music and culture festival presented by A Khmer Buddhist Foundation and Water Buffalo Pictures in partnership with Cafe Du Nord and Union Square Alliance. Taking place in San Francisco’s historic Union Square, this event unites the Khmer community to showcase Cambodia’s rich culture, arts, and music to a diverse local and international audience.
Del Sol will be performing Cambodian-American composer Chinary Ung’s piece, Spiral X: “In Memoriam” in the middle of the morning set, which will be between 10:30am and 12:45pm.
This is a free, day long event, with encouraged RSVP.
Join us in celebrating the birthday of Asian American poet, rabble rouser, feminist activist, revolutionary leader, and now nonagenarian Nellie Wong! Festivities include readings, tributes, music, and the release of her new book of poetry, Nothing Like Freedom.
Del Sol will be performing a selection of music around 1:30pm.
In lieu of gifts, Nellie would appreciation donations towards Bay Area Freedom Socialist Party projects. Link: https://bit.ly/Nellie90donation
Hosted by Freedom Socialist Party
For more info, please call 415-864-1278 or email BayAreaFSP@socialism.com
September 14, 2024 @ 2PM
Program: amplifying the Jewish experience on Angel Island
Featuring Derek David in his String Quartet no.4, “Kaddish” and performances of Yiddish Folk Songs, with additional music by Ljova, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Jerome Kern.
The event is free with admission to the Detention Barracks Museum ($5 adult, $3 youth).
This involves a fun ferry ride!
We suggest you visit AIISF’s website to plan your visit. You take a ferry from Tiburon or San Francisco. Then you bike, walk, or tram to the immigration station. The show times are arranged to accommodate the ferry schedules.
If you need extra help figuring this out, don’t let it stop you from coming. Call us at 415 374 0074 or email info@delsolquartet.com.
September 14, 2024 @ 11:30AM
Program: amplifying the Jewish experience on Angel Island
Featuring Derek David in his String Quartet no.4, “Kaddish” and performances of Yiddish Folk Songs, with additional music by Ljova, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Jerome Kern.
The event is free with admission to the Detention Barracks Museum ($5 adult, $3 youth).
This involves a fun ferry ride!
We suggest you visit AIISF’s website to plan your visit. You take a ferry from Tiburon or San Francisco. Then you bike, walk, or tram to the immigration station. The show times are arranged to accommodate the ferry schedules.
If you need extra help figuring this out, don’t let it stop you from coming. Call us at 415 374 0074 or email info@delsolquartet.com.
https://dwebcamp.org/
Set in the beautiful redwoods near the Mendocino coast of California, DWeb Camp is a five-day retreat for builders and dreamers to connect, learn, share and have fun as we work towards building a better, decentralized web. A web that actualizes the principles of trust, human agency, mutual respect, and ecological awareness.
Our goal is to create a safe space and a caring community, grounded outside in nature, where we can explore the hidden dynamics and consequences of technology. A place where we can build tools to solve real-world needs. Where everyone can find their personal flow – that unique way they can contribute to the world.
Migration is a process of movement – of people, animals, data. It’s a journey from a tumultuous present into the unknown, toward a more hopeful future. But birds, butterflies, and people do not migrate alone. They move together in community, driven by a desire to reach a better place, helping each other toward their mutual destinations.
At DWeb Camp 2024, we’ll be exploring the theme of migration and how we can move together toward the Web we want and deserve. We’ll be tackling real-world challenges that technology may address: can we bring tools to migrate people and data onto the Decentralized Web? We’ll be sharing fundraising knowledge to help everyone find sustainable resources for their journeys. Musicians will perform new music about migration & climate change, while campers share their migration stories using the open source platform, Terrastories.
We are excited to announce the release of the fourth episode of our new podcast, Sounds Current! This season follows Del Sol’s journey with Huang Ruo’s ANGEL ISLAND Oratorio and is an official selection of the 2024 Tribeca Festival for audio storytelling independent nonfiction.
Available to stream on all major podcast platforms, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
https://www.socalchambermusic.com/
Gregory Spears' The Righteous: Faith, Politics, and Power
Del Sol Quartet explores undercurrents of The Righteous, a world premiere by Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith at Santa Fe Opera, where the Biblical story of David unfolds in 1980s America - complete with televangelists, power politics and the AIDS crisis. Music by Chinary Ung, Ben Johnston, and Shelley Washington gives fresh ways of hearing faith, compassion and identity. Spears' own String Quartet #2, originally commissioned and premiered by Chatter in 2022, rounds out the program.
Program:
Shelley Washington: Say
Gregory Spears: String Quartet no. 2
Ben Johnston: String Quartet no. 4 "Amazing Grace"
Chinary Ung: Spiral X "In Memoriam
Gregory Spears' The Righteous: Faith, Politics, and Power
Del Sol Quartet explores undercurrents of The Righteous, a world premiere by Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith at Santa Fe Opera, where the Biblical story of David unfolds in 1980s America - complete with televangelists, power politics and the AIDS crisis. Music by Chinary Ung, Ben Johnston, and Shelley Washington gives fresh ways of hearing faith, compassion and identity. Spears' own String Quartet #2, originally commissioned and premiered by Chatter in 2022, rounds out the program.
Program:
Shelley Washington: Say
Gregory Spears: String Quartet no. 2
Ben Johnston: String Quartet no. 4 "Amazing Grace"
Chinary Ung: Spiral X "In Memoriam
We are excited to announce the release of the third episode of our new podcast, Sounds Current! This season follows Del Sol’s journey with Huang Ruo’s ANGEL ISLAND Oratorio and is an official selection of the 2024 Tribeca Festival for audio storytelling independent nonfiction.
Available to stream on all major podcast platforms, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
We are excited to announce the release of the second episode of our new podcast, Sounds Current! This season follows Del Sol’s journey with Huang Ruo’s ANGEL ISLAND Oratorio and is an official selection of the 2024 Tribeca Festival for audio storytelling independent nonfiction.
Available to stream on all major podcast platforms, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
We continue our Joy Project collaboration with SF Public Libraries at the Portola Branch.
This show will be outdoors unless weather invites us inside.
POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS
NEW DATE ANNOUNCED SOON
June 15, 2024 @ 11:30AM & 2:30PM
Featuring Takuma Itoh’s “American Postcards - Picture Brides” and music by Erika Oba
To ensure a physical seat at the concert, please register here.
This involves a ferry ride.
Visit AAISF’s website to plan your visit. You have to take a ferry from Tiburon or San Francisco. Then you bike, walk, or tram to the immigration station.
POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS
NEW DATE ANNOUNCED SOON
June 15, 2024 @ 11:30AM & 2:30M
Featuring Takuma Itoh’s “American Postcards - Picture Brides”
To ensure a physical seat at the concert, please register here.
This involves a ferry ride.
Visit AAISF’s website to plan your visit. You have to take a ferry from Tiburon or San Francisco. Then you bike, walk, or tram to the immigration station.
We are excited to announce the release of the first episode of our new podcast, Sounds Current! This season follows Del Sol’s journey with Huang Ruo’s ANGEL ISLAND Oratorio and is an official selection of the 2024 Tribeca Festival for audio storytelling independent nonfiction.
Available to stream on all major podcast platforms, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Our new podcast Sounds Current has been nominated for the 2024 Tribeca Festival’s independent Audio Nonfiction Award!
Join us as we preview the episode before its June release, and participate in a discussion exploring how our podcast came to be, the themes explored in our first season, and what’s next in our podcast journey.
We’re partnering with Holiday River Expeditions to take a trip on the Yampa River. Join us as we float along the river inside the beautiful Yampa Canyon and perform concerts in some pretty amazing venues! Check out more details, and grab your spots (there are very few of them!)
In a co-presentation with sfSound’s West Oakland Sound Series, we are hosting the Bay Area’s only festival celebrating ‘just intonation’ compositions with an all-star lineup showcasing experimental and traditional styles!
Program:
Del Sol String Quartet - works by Mat Muntz and Juri Seo
Hwayoung Shon - new work for gayageum
Paul Dresher/ Joel Davel invented instrument duo
sfSoundOrchestra - Matt Ingall’s ZIA
Sam Weiser - Taylor Brook’s Vocalise for violin with tape
Caleb Rose, Matt Ingalls, and Sam Weiser - Andrew McIntosh’s Three Symmetry Etudes for two clarinets and violin
Join us to celebrate 8 years of Love the Bulb’s stewardship, advocacy, and arts activities at our beloved Albany Bulb at this free community event! We’re gathering to wish Love the Bulb founder Susan Moffat well in her retirement and introduce the new team including fearless leader Angela Armendariz.
The award-winning Del Sol Quartet will return for an encore performance!
Come learn about the history and future of the unique shoreline park known as the Albany Bulb and learn how you can get involved. Refreshments will be served!
More info
TRANSIT
Parking is very difficult on Saturday afternoons, so allow time. We also highly encourage you to come by bicycle, foot, public transit, or taxi/ride service.
New works by UCB composers:
Aine Nakamura
Mat Muntz
Dion Nataraja
Nathan Corder
Matthew Monaco
Livestream Link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/WvKLGWs149Y?si=eFpKfNql52G0PVCf
CSU East Bay’s annual memorial scholarship concert, featuring new music by CSUEB student composers. Free and open to the public.
Del Sol Quartet will work with 5 graduate student composers from Center for New Music & Audio Technologies (CNMAT) Users Group. The residency is hosted by CNMAT, the CNMAT Users Group (CUG), and the music department of UC Berkeley.
The gala to support this amazing 41-year old organizaiton
Join us for an elegant evening of delicious cuisine, memorable performances, and the chance to mix and mingle with AIISF’s extended network of friends, supporters, and community partners.
Honoring: 2024 Immigrant Heritage and Spirit of Angel Island Award Recipients:
Jose Antonio Vargas, Phil Ting, Him Mark Lai (posthumous), and Genny Lim
as part of Asian Classical Music Initiative conference
Huang Ruo: “The Last Chinaman from the Titanic” from ANGEL ISLAND
Charlton Lee: Five by Four
Exact map location of Hannon Theater
Free to public with $5 parking fee.
as part of Asian Classical Music Initiative conference
Chinary Ung: Spiral X: In Memoriam
Exact Mary Chapel campus location here
Free to public with $5 parking
as part of Asian Classical Music Initiative conference
