• Angel Island Part 1: A Haunting History

  • Jun 10 2024
  • Length: 34 mins
  • Podcast

Angel Island Part 1: A Haunting History

  • Summary

  • Welcome 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 sun-soaked mainland coast. But between 1910 and 1940, hundreds of thousands of Asians arriving at the Angel Island Immigration Station faced separation, interrogation, and often deportation under the longstanding Chinese Exclusion Act.

    The ghosts of Angel Island, however, endure. Poems carved into the soft wooden walls of the detention barracks give voice to long-remembered frustration, humiliation, and loneliness of the immigrants detained there. These inscriptions in Chinese calligraphy link that shameful past to our present immigration debate, bringing history into the reality of our current lives.

    In Part One, violist and founding member of the Del Sol Quartet, Charlton Lee, introduces both Angel Island's history and the creatives behind The Angel Island Project. A collaboration between Del Sol and composer Huang Ruo, this haunting oratorio for string quartet and chamber choir weaves together poetry and music in a poignant, powerful expression of history, hope, and humanity.

    Part One Features:

    Charlton Lee, Del Sol Quartet violist

    Huang Ruo, Composer and conductor

    Kathryn Bates, Del Sol Quartet cellist

    Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Del Sol Quartet violinist

    Ben Kreith, Del Sol Quartet violinist

    Ed Tepporn, Executive Director, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation

    Andi Wong, Teaching Artist and Arts Advocate

    Genny Lim, Poet, Playwright, Performer, Pioneer

    RESOURCES & LINKS

    Huang Ruo

    Angel Island Immigration Station

    Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation

    Immigrant Voices Oral History Project

    Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island

    Genny Lim

    The Last Hoisan Poets

    ArtsEd4All

    The Chinese Historical Society Of America

    William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

    UC Berkeley Global Urban Humanities Initiative

    LEARN MORE

    https://www.delsolquartet.com/podcast

    Del Sol Quartet on Spotify

    Facebook

    Instagram

    YouTube

    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

    Featured music from The Angel Island Oratorio composed by Huang Ruo. Performed by Del Sol Quartet & United States Air Force Band's Singing Sergeants / National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, recording and edited by Suraya Mohamed.

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