Join the mitchell center and buffalo bayou partnership for unsilent night, our annual interactive holiday event. Participants are encouraged to bring a boom box or download the. In this webexclusive video, composer phil kline discusses unsilent night, his holiday themed electronic composition for boomboxes. New york composer, phil kline, created this 43 minute piece, written specifically to be heard outdoors in the month of december. Boom box carols unsilent night composer phil kline invites. East meets west christmas celebration little italy. Aug 06, 2015 a film made for the 2015 seattle 48 hour film project. Unsilent night returns to the neon district for this holiday season. Unsilent parade from washington square park to tompkins park, nyc.
There are more than 30 other cities doing unsilent night with you. Get ready to rock as unsilent night bring their highoctane show to a stage near you. A modern twist on caroling, all ages can enjoy walking through downtown cambridge with thousands of participants. A luminous soundscape played by the audience on boomboxes carried through city streets. Join us for our 5th annual unsilent night in sacramento. The only unsilent night to be cancelled due to weather was in white horse, yukon in 2005. Unsilent night is a sound sculpture created when many individuals simultaneously play one of four music tracks by composer phil kline. Unsilent night connects students through collaborative. Offbeat holiday events and multicultural celebrations for nyc kids. Nov 20, 2016 next acts unsilent night is a tempting and heartwarming holiday treat. Dec 02, 2016 these divas didnt come to play any games. New york flagship event sunday, december 15, 2019, 6. Phil kline composed a song in 1992, and each year he comes out to washington square, with a bunch of boom boxes and.
Awesome musical tradition phil klines unsilent night is like a sixties happening updates for us modern world. Experience this festive and interactive holiday event in the great outdoors. Download the music find the event nearest you start your own unsilent night. Dec 10, 2017 phil klines unsilent night is a free outdoor participatory sound sculpture of many individual parts, recorded on cassettes, cds and mp3s, and played through a roving swarm of boomboxes carried through city streets every december. A gathering of friends and fans, armed with boomboxes, goes caroling through the.
Anyone is welcome to join the event is family and dogfriendly. Phil klines unsilent night is an original composition written specifically to be heard outdoors in the month of december. In the performance of this composition, volunteers carrying boomboxes and other music players parade through the streets of the participating city, presenting an ambient cacophony of recorded. Dec 14, 2019 unsilent night is a participatory sound artwork by composer phil kline, an ethereal, electronic soundscape played by the audience on boomboxes carried through city streets. In effect, kline and his coperformers become single elements in a huge, moving sound system. Including mp3s to download, and links to the smartphone app phil kline says the first unsilent night was in new york in 1992.
In january, lau present in a special night with chris watson that will. The flagship event in new york city sunday, december 15, 2019, 6. Download the music online, download the free app or show up early to snag a free cd or cassette tape assuming you still have one of. Or, download the brand new iphone app and blast it.
Track 1 please see details, pick one track to play during. From new york to san francisco and brussels to saskatoon. Discogs cab calloway blues make me happy at discogs blues in the night, jazz artists. You dont have to limit yourself to one per couple, family or group either the more the merrier. More on the composer phil kline, who is working on an opera about nikola tesla with jim jarmusch, at. Dec 27, 2009 concert page for unsilent night 3 at dr. Dec 25, 2003 by 1992 hed compounded his psychogeographical performance notions of electronic caroling with his fondest seasonal instrumentation, and that december as with every year since unsilent night debuted in, around and through new york citys greenwich village. You can download your part or stream it online if you have good 3g or 4g at.
Unsilent night is an original composition by phil kline, written specifically to be heard outdoors in the month of december, always as a free event. Dec 20, 2012 unsilent night, the annual greenwich village event in which boombox carriers play one of four tracks to create a loosely synchronized piece of holiday music, took place on saturday night. Join our mailing list stay up to date on unsilent night. Download track 1 please see details, pick one track to play during unsilent night users who like track 1 please see details, pick one track to play during unsilent night users who reposted track 1 please see details, pick one track to play during unsilent night. The sun 2016 the decidedly unsilent primary season will be on. Phil klines public sound sculpture unsilent night is created when many individuals simultaneously play one of four tracks on cassette, mp3, or mobile devices, and blast each through a roving swarm of boomboxes and speakers carried through city streets. Unsilent night documents the seasonal sound sculpture project of new york citybased composer phil kline. Unsilent night is the result of many individuals simultaneously playing klines tracks on cd, mp3, or mobile devicescreating a roving swarm of music throughout the city streets. It takes the form of a street promenade in which the audience becomes the p. Each participant gets one of four tracks of music that can easily be downloaded on your smart phone, prior to your arrival. Suite italienne, an arrangement from his neobaroque reworkings of.
Making and unsilent night in oxford oxfords christmas light festival. Phil klines unsilent night, niefnorf, knoxville 2016 on vimeo. Join the mitchell center, in collaboration with buffalo bayou partnership for unsilent night, a free interactive holiday event. Unsilent night is a participatory sound artwork by composer phil kline, an ethereal, electronic soundscape played by the audience on boomboxes carried through city streets. Gives off vibes like a beautiful love scene at night. The free app is available through the apple app store and for android, through the amazon app store. Unsilent night, is back and the red carpet for the 2016 edition was a slaymageddon. Vivid seats is here to make sure you have a great seat as unsilent night blows through your town. Has unsilent night ever been cancelled due to weather.
Unsilent night tickets unsilent night tour vivid seats. All four tracks played simultaneously comprise unsilent night. In what has become a cult holiday tradition, phil kline goes electronic caroling through the streets of greenwich. If you need a cassette or cd let us know a week in advance and well get a copy to you. Unsilent night is a musical composition and participatory performance art piece by american composer phil kline which, since its creation in 1992, has been performed around the world annually in december. The fact that the participants play different parts simultaneously helps create the special sound of the piece. Unsilent night cynthia woods mitchell center for the arts. Unsilent night is composer phil klines free outdoor participatory sound. Phil klines public sound sculpture unsilent night is created when many individuals simultaneously play one of four tracks on cassette. Photo from a san francisco unsilent night shot by steve rhodes, via. Visit to learn more and download the mobile app or tracks in advance. Jan 02, 2017 on december 8, 2016 the city of cambridge put on the event called unsilent night that is well known originally made by phil kline for more go to the blog. Each participant gets one of four tracks of music in the form of a cassette, cd, or mp3.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of unsilent night so please join us for this extra special holiday celebration unsilent night is a soundscape created when many individuals simultaneously play one of four different tracks on. Then we start walking the route to create a mobile, musical sound sculpture throughout nevada city. Unsilent night is about the holiday spirit in general, as it might relate to solstice, christmas or. Music event in norfolk, va by downtown norfolk and 4 others on wednesday, december 6 2017 with 251 people interested and 53 people going. Unsilent night the milky way rondes des mages the crossing from light on the waters of the sun schones klang angels of avenue a. Galactic mystery matter on the dark side the celestial. Along the way, participants will get to enjoy the music change as the landscape changes. Each participant gets one of four tracks of music in the form of a.
Phil klines unsilent night is a free, outdoor participatory sound sculpture. Join our mailing list stay up to date on unsilent night happening in your area. The podcast has become a phenomenon, with over 60 million downloads since 2016. Nov 17, 2016 the star of vh1s upcoming daytime divas, vanessa williams, will also grace us with her musical talents on vh1 divas holiday.
Boom box carols unsilent night composer phil kline invites you. Unsilent definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Hall, cristina fontanelli presents the 16th edition of her christmas in italy. Oct 09, 2017 composer phil kline composed unsilent night in nyc back in the 90s, and it has become a holiday tradition ever since. Discuss the gig, get concert tickets, see whos attending, find similar events. To add to the event, download the music for free to your phone and bring your portal speaker or borrow one of ours. Performed within the confines of the city streets, unsilent night reverberates off the cars and buildings, resulting in a magnificent, drifting cloud of shimmering, echoing sound. Rsvp for instructions on how to download the unsilent night app. Download our english dictionary apps available for both ios and. And that increases your chances of an unsilent night. This year, he has put up music files on his web site for downloading.
Dec 15, 2019 new york flagship event sunday, december 15, 2019, 6. Phil klines unsilent night is a free outdoor participatory sound sculpture of many individual parts, recorded on cassettes, cds and mp3s, and played through a roving swarm of boomboxes carried through city streets every december. Phil klines unsilent night oxford contemporary music. Unsilent night is an original composition by phil kline, written specifically to be heard outdoors in the month of december. For just an hour, people from all walks of life are drawn into a mesmerizing soundscape community comprising participants, passive listeners, and chance passers by. Unsilent night celebrates the holidays on the banks of. Join in virginia arts festival, downtown norfolk and the neon districts 6th annual unsilent night, an outdoor boombox parade that brings together art, music, and people during the holidays. Theres more information at the unsilent night site. Analog cassette we can supply these, just let us know when you register, or download a sound file available at. I edited a short video of last nights unsilent night event in san francisco, where new york composer phil kline organized a mobile boombox orchestra that did a big loop through the mission. Unsilent night, composed by phil kline, is a mobile sound street promenade experience that gives individuals with any level of music expertise an opportunity to go caroling and create a harmonious symphony, shifting the role of audience member to performer. Last month next month classical month in washington is a monthly feature. Phil klines unsilent night listen and stream free music. Unsilent night is by far my favorite and surrealist holiday activity.
Dec 04, 2019 join buffalo bayou partnership and university of houston downtown for unsilent night. It takes the form of a street promenade in which the audience becomes the performer. It looks like we dont have any quotes for this title yet. Participants should arrive to unsilent night early and bring a boombox if possible.
Then again, couldnt possibly all space pictures be called night scenes. The temperature was 30 below zero and the boomboxes froze. Several hundred people showed up, either as a participant or to just enjoy the sound. He wrote four separate tracks of new age musicpeople obtained one of the four tracks on cassette tape in the old days, downloadable mp3s now and brought their boomboxes to washington square on the designated night. Phil klines unsilent night is an event held in more than 30 cities around the world.
Stream tracks and playlists from unsilentnight on your desktop or mobile device. Bring a mobile device with portable speakers or boom box. This was the debut of unsilent night, a public sound sculpture created and organized by phil kline. Before the music began, leal recommended that participants keep their talking to a. For mp3 players, each of the four tracks are available here for free download under download a sound file. Unsilent night and participatory music the new york times. Unsilent death is the first fulllength studio album by american hardcore punk band nails, released in march 2010 by streetcleaner recordssix feet under records. Track 4 please see details, pick one track to play during. Boomboxtoting participants gather under the washington square arch, where they are given a cassette or cd of one of four different atmospheric tracks. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the quotes submission guide.
Vanessa williams joins starstudded lineup for vh1 divas. Its also an allweather event well hold it rain or moonshine. Download our english dictionary apps available for both ios and android. Next acts unsilent night is a tempting and heartwarming.
Share photos and videos of yours with the rest of the worldwide community. Phil klines unsilent nights profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. A composer known for his use of tape recorders, kline had, out of the blue one day, hit on. From a blocklong stereo system, the stirring sound of. Over the past quarter century, unsilent night has become an international phenomenon, taking place in more than 100 cities, big and small, across five continents from new york to san francisco, and brussels to saskatoon. Usage attributionnoncommercialsharealike topics unsilent, night, nyc, music, parade.