Del Sol Quartet
Much 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 traumatic past they'd rather forget.
Del Sol Quartet violist Charlton Lee and collaborators draw audiences into the world of Angel Island, a tranquil state park in San Francisco Bay dotted with winding trails and a campus of restored wooden buildings that once served as a processing station, interrogation hub, and detention center for mostly Asian immigrants between 1910 and 1940.
What is the island like today, and what may life have been like for the 500,000 newly arrived individuals and families who landed here a century ago in search of a better life? And what is the emotional legacy of the stories that may never have been told from one generation to the next?
This conversation contains brief, graphic mentions of suicide. Please take care when engaging with the episode.
Part 2 Features:
Casey Dexter-Lee, State Park Interpreter II for Angel Island
Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Del Sol Quartet violinist
Kathryn Bates, Del Sol Quartet cellist
Ed Tepporn, Executive Director, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
Emiko Ono, Director Of Performing Arts Program at The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Andi Wong, educator and collaborator, Angel Island Project
Genny Lim, poet and collaborator, Angel Island Project
Music in this Episode Provided By:
The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundations invites you to Immigrant Voices, a growing archive of personal stories of Pacific Coast immigrants. Explore here.
RESOURCES & LINKS
Angel Island Immigration Station
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
Immigrant Voices Oral History Project
Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
The National Archives at San Francisco (San Bruno)
LEARN MORE ABOUT DEL SOL
https://www.delsolquartet.com/podcast
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