Program: Foreigners to the Familiar - Exploring the Filipino Experience

A concert by the Del Sol String Quartet in partnership with Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation

What’s it like to shine day-glo bright as a poison frog, your colors a warning to potential predators? Dante de Silva’s “Aposematic” recreates the pressure of difference and the struggle to maintain individuality. Josiah Catalan’s “Foreigners to the Familiar” interweaves slam poetry by Irene Faye Duller, Brandon Gagante and Mei Chung. Join us for two world premieres as we bring California community voices to life within the historic detention barracks of Angel Island Immigration Station!

*Exact time of the concert is subject to change based on ferry schedule changes

Dante de Silva: Aposematic (2026) WORLD PREMIERE
Josiah Catalan: Foreigners to the Familiar (2026) WORLD PREMIERE

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

PLEASE NOTE:

This involves a fun ferry ride!*** Please check ferry for most up-to-date times.‍ ‍

We suggest you visit AIISF’s website to plan your visit. You 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.

DEPARTURE: (These times are only estimates)
San Francisco: 10:15AM
Tiburon: 10AM & 11AM

POST-CONCERT: (These times are only estimates)
return to SF: 3:20PM & 4:50PM
return to Tiburon: 1:20PM, 2:20PM, 3:20PM, 4:20PM, 5:20PM

If you need extra help figuring this out, don’t let it stop you from coming. Email us at kathryn@delsolquartet.com.