Sounds Current
by Del Sol Quartet
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BONUS: Holding Each Other's Stories, Discovering Some Truth with…
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About this podcast
A string quartet's quest to shine light on San Francisco's Angel Island, a site of detention and dehumanization for Chinese immigrants in the 1900s. Here, poems carved into the walls sing across time, connecting us to a shameful, hidden past. We travel with the creatives behind The Angel Island Project; the Del Sol Quartet, composer Huang Ruo, collaborators, and community. Sounds Current: Angel Island explores how we make compassionate art that builds community. delsolquartet.com
Episodes
- BONUS: Holding Each Other's Stories, Discovering Some Truth with Genny Lim and Andi Wong · 12 min · Season 1Though Angel Island began with Del Sol Quartet's collaboration with composer Huang Ruo, poet Genny Lim and arts educator Andi Wong are essential to everything the project has…
- BONUS: Building a Future of Inclusion and Belonging Amidst the Complexities of the Immigrant Experience with Ed Tepporn · 18 min · Season 1Immigration is a hot-button topic for many nations around the world, and especially in the United States. The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation is one organization that…
- BONUS: Living and Working on Angel Island with Casey Dexter-Lee · 32 min · Season 1Casey Dexter-Lee is a state park interpreter who has dedicated 23+ years to Angel Island. Casey has been an invaluable resource for coordinating our world premiere on Angel…
- BONUS: Transforming Place Through Performance with Susan Moffat · 29 min · Season 1Del Sol's relationship with Susan Moffat began as a chance encounter at a spontaneous street performance during the pandemic. In this bonus episode, hear how that meeting…
- BONUS: Following Your Own Artistic Voice with Emiko Ono, Hewlett Foundation · 10 min · Season 1This is for young artists, musicians, new ensembles, and anyone seeking to take on bigger or more complex projects in their creative work! Emiko Ono is the Director, Performing…
- BONUS: Embracing the Unknown and Bringing People Together with Composer Huang Ruo · 43 min · Season 1"My hope is not to divide, but to bring people together. Because only when we know about the history, then we can see our present and can learn [from] mistakes and to do better."…
- BONUS: Join Del Sol on spring tour! · 1 min · Season 1We're going on tour in March 2025! We'll be engaging in performances and residencies in Lincoln, Nebraska; Kansas City, Missouri, and Iowa CIty, Iowa. And in April we'll be at…
- BONUS: Staging Angel Island in NYC by Engaging With the Spirits with Matthew Ozawa · 11 min · Season 1How do we learn from the past to change the future? This bonus is an excerpt of Charlton's interview with Matthew Ozawa, stage director for the New York premiere of Angel Island…
- BONUS: Singing in Chinese with Sidney Chen · 24 min · Season 1One of the complexities of Angel Island by Huang Ruo is that vocal parts are alternately in English and Chinese. For American choral groups, who are familiar with practicing…
- BONUS: Making Magic with Del Sol Quartet from The Creative Impostor Podcast · 1 h 0 min · Season 1Hear our behind the scenes conversation about producing the award-winning season 1 of Sounds Current with our producer and editor, Andrea Klunder, from her podcast The Creative…
- Angel Island Part 4: Dialogue and Departure · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 4The 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…
- Angel Island Part 3: A Pandemic and a World Premiere · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 3We 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…
- Angel Island Part 2: A Truth To Be Told · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 2Much like Angel Island, the project, Angel Island, the place, is a point of entry, connecting many visitors to a history they know nothing about––and reminding some of a…
- Angel Island Part 1: A Haunting History · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 1Welcome to Angel Island. With stunning views of San Francisco Bay and lush hiking trails, the island is nestled between the promise of the Golden Gate Bridge and California's…
- TRAILER - Season 1: Angel Island · 2 min · Season 1How does a string quartet help build community from Chinese immigrant poetry carved into detention-center walls on Angel Island? Let their words sing out after 100 years of…
