HOSTED BY NOAH JEPPSON
WHEN: Saturday, December 20 at 7:00PM
WHERE: Meet at Healdsburg Plaza
"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 gets one of four tracks of music in the form of a cassette, CD, or 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, or anything that amplifies music, and simultaneously start playing the music. They then walk a carefully chosen route through their city’s streets, creating a unique mobile sound sculpture which is different from every listener's perspective.
The Healdsburg event is free and family-friendly. Our one-of-a-kind nondenominational caroling parade will begin and end at the Healdsburg Plaza and explore the holiday lights on streets surrounding the Plaza. Bring your boom box, mobile device, or bluetooth speaker to amplify the music as we stroll through town! Let’s fill the night with joyful noise!
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Prior to gathering visit https://www.unsilentnight.com/participate to download the mobile app or one of four tracks to your device. Meet us at 6:30PM for help downloading the app or accessing the music.
The group will begin walking promptly at 7:00PM and the experience lasts approximately 45 minutes; please dress warmly for the outdoor event.
ABOUT UNSILENT NIGHT:
It all started in winter 1992, when Phil had an idea for a public artwork in the form of a holiday caroling party. He composed a multi-track electronic piece that was 45 minutes long (the length of one side of a cassette tape), invited a few dozen friends who gathered in Greenwich Village, gave each person a boombox with one of four tapes in it, and instructed everyone to hit PLAY at the same time. What followed was a sound unlike anything they had ever heard before: an evanescence filling the air, reverberating off the buildings and city streets as the crowd walked a pre-determined route. Phil says: “In effect, we became a city-block-long stereo system.”
The piece was so popular that it became an annual tradition, and then an international phenomenon, spreading across the USA and to other countries worldwide. Since 1992, it has been presented in 173 cities and five continents, drawing thousands of participants.