Del Sol Performing Arts Organization

Educational outreach: in 2024, del sol's significant educational outreach activities included: 1) coaching for chamberfest, our annual weekend workshop for adult non- professional musicians, in january in san francisco; and a week of coaching in july for the socal chamber music workshop at scripps college in claremont, ca; 2) a weeklong residency in april at the university of ca, berkeley, performing and recording new works by graduate composition students; 3) performances, workshops, and lectures at several other educational institutions; and 4) continuing our composer incubator program, mentoring early-career composers and developing their new works for future premieres by del sol.

Commissioning of composers: in 2024, del sol commissioned three asian american women composers, theresa wong, vivian fung and meilina tsui, to compose new pieces based on new poetry by san francisco poet laureate genny lim. This collaborative music and poetry project, "songs of the diaspora," is scheduled to premiere in san francisco in october 2025.

Recordings: in 2024, del sol developed, recorded and released its first podcast, "sounds current," to considerable acclaim. This 4-part podcast explores the quartet's creative collaboration with composer huang ruo on their multi-year angel island project (see section 4a, paragraph 1 above). The podcast was selected for world premiere in june at the 2024 tribeca festival in nyc as one of four finalists in their independent audio storytelling program. Del sol's founding violist, charlton lee, attended and participated in the premiere and panel discussion at the festival. "sounds current" also won a gold signal award for artists shaping culture through podcasts.