December 14, 2024 @ 11:30AM

Program: amplifying the Korean experience on Angel Island

The Del Sol String Quartet, in partnership with Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF), will present a set of two concerts 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 inspired by the responses of Joy from Korean-American elders of the Korean Community Center of East Bay’s Jikimee Senior Leadership Program.

*Exact times of the concerts are subject to change based on ferry schedule changes

The event is free with admission to the Detention Barracks Museum ($5 adult, $3 youth).

PLEASE NOTE:

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.