San Francisco Girls Chorus is proud to launch a community book club series centered around Tomorrow’s Memories: A Diary by Angeles Monrayo, the true diary of Monrayo, a Filipina girl who immigrated to Hawaii and California in the 1920’s.
San Francisco Girls Chorus’s Community book club series is centered around Tomorrow’s Memories: A Diary by Angeles Monrayo, the true diary of Monrayo, a Filipina girl who immigrated to Hawaii and California in the 1920’s. The diary is the inspiration of our newly commissioned choral-opera by Matthew Welch. Leading up to the premiere of Tomorrow’s Memories in June of 2022, each month we will host a group discussion led by a variety of leaders, field experts, and community members about topics relating to Filipino heritage, immigration, music history, and more. These sessions serve as an opportunity to discuss the intersection of history and art making.
Community Book Club Launch Event - Watch the Launch Event Recording below
Book Club Session 1 : "Stories of Family, Food, & Heritage” will take place at Kapwa Gardens on Sunday, January 23, 2022 from 11am - 12pm, with Guest Speaker Lily Ann Bolo Villaraza, PhD, Department Chair, Philippine Studies Professor of History.
This session is FREE to attend and will take place both in person and virtually. It is highly encouraged to purchase and read the book, it is not mandatory, as we welcome all to participate in our discussions regarding these important topics. If you are interested in reading Tomorrow’s Memories, please consider purchasing your book at Arkipelago Books, a Filipino bookstore based in San Francisco, California. You can also find the book here on Amazon.
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