'Unsilent Night' music celebration tonight at BAC, throughout westside Carson City
Tonight, Sunday, Dec. 18 at 5:30 p.m., the Brewery Arts Center and Michael Tedesco will be hosting a city wide unique take on the classical caroling holiday tradition called Unsilent Night, an international event created by Phil Kline.
Please join us in Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night! It’s been described as “A luminous soundscape played by the audience on boomboxes carried through city streets.”
The Unsilent Night event is a 45 minute walk through city streets during which participants play the music on their portable speakers/boomboxes. The event is family friendly, with the entire community invited to participate.
Unsilent Night is an original composition by Phil Kline, written specifically to be heard outdoors in the month of December.
It takes the form of a "street promenade" in which the audience becomes the performer.
Each participant downloads one of four tracks of music in the form of a Mp3.
Together, all four tracks comprise Unsilent Night. The fact that the participants play different "parts" simultaneously helps create the special sound of the piece.
Participants carry boomboxes, speakers, or anything that amplifies music, and simultaneously start playing the music, creating a unique mobile sound sculpture which is different from every listener's perspective.
This free, 45 minute walk starts and ends at the Brewery Arts Center located at 449 W King St. in Carson City.
If you are interested in participating, please download the Unsilent Night app for iPhone or Android prior to the event via WiFi, and bring your bluetooth enabled portable speakers/boomboxes to the event that are connected to your phone.