Join us at the spectacular newly-renovated Presidio Theatre for the world premiere performances of Huang Ruo’s Angel Island - Oratorio for Voices and Strings. You will be immersed in the sights and sounds of the Angel Island Immigration Station, where Chinese detainees carved their poems into the walls during the years of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Volti and Del Sol Quartet bring these poems to life in the 60-minute oratorio for string quartet and chamber choir will weave a story of immigration, discrimination, and confinement - bringing history into the reality of our current lives. (NO FERRY REQUIRED)
Performers:
Volti & Del Sol Quartet
Speakers:
Ed Tepporn (ED of Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation)
Julie D. Soo (Lead Co-Chair, California Democratic Party Platform Committee; Former Commissioner, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women (2009 - 2021); Senior Staff Counsel, Legal Division, Enforcement Bureau, California Department of Insurance)
The Last Hoisan Poets (poetry reading)
Exhibits:
Chinese Historical Society of America
Angel Island: In Sight 2021
***please note Presido Theatre is located on Moraga Ave and not to be confused with the Presidio Movie Theater.***
The Angel Island Project is supported by the Hewlett Foundation “50 Arts Commissions” with additional support from the Clarence E. Heller Charitable, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundations, and Grants for the Arts.
The premiere events are co-sponsored by the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. Exhibits sponsored in part by the North East Medical Services.