Del Sol has commissioned and premiered thousands of works from a diverse range of international composers, including Terry Riley, Frederic Rzewski, Tania León, Mason Bates, Gabriela Lena Frank, Huang Ruo, Michael Harrison, Ben Johnston, Chinary Ung, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Kui Dong, Mohammed Fairouz, Theresa Wong, Erberk Eryilmaz, Ken Ueno, Peter Sculthorpe, Pamela Z, Reza Vali, Per Nørgård.
Del Sol was named winner of the Chamber Ensemble/Mixed Repertory category for 2005-2006 by Chamber Music America and ASCAP, and also received an ASCAP award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music[1] Other early appointments included the 2003 "Emerging Quartets and Composers Residency" with the Muir String Quartet and Joan Tower in Park City, Utah; Quartet-in-Residence at University of New Mexico; residencies at The Walden School and Tahoe Music Festival; and Northeastern University in 2007.
[9] Since the premiere, the Quartet has performed a new version at the Santa Fe Opera[10] and with the UC Berkeley Choir, which launched an entire year of curriculum and events based on Angel Island.
[11] Future performances include the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art[12] with the US Air Force Band Singing Sergeants.
[17] Co-hosted by Quartet founding member Charlton Lee, the inaugural season follows the creation and journey of Del Sol with Huang Ruo's Angel Island Oratorio.
Additional featured guests include Sid Chen, Emiko Ono, Susan Moffat, Senior Master Sergeant Taylor Armstrong, and Matthew Ozawa.
[23] They also work in the intersection of artists and climate change activism, including a current project with Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music's "Composing Earth" program.
The performances occurred in pop-up locations of street corners, closed movie theatres, coffee shops, and parks.
[30] Del Sol has released 12 full-length CDs since 2002 garnering international praise from publications including the New York Times,[31] Gramophone,[32] The Strad,[33] Chamber Music,[34] and the San Francisco Chronicle.