7 PM gather at the Chapel, 7:30 begin procession; FREE! All ages are welcome. Bring a boom box or some other playback device, and be sure to have fresh batteries.
Unsilent Night is an original work by New York composer 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 (download here). 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.
This is the third year in a row that local composer Josh Parmenter has led the Seattle version on the Winter Solstice. So it now seems to be a tradition, with folks of all ages coming out to participate. Meeting in the Chapel at Good Shepherd Center, we'll get set up, start our boomboxes, and then walk in a procession through the streets of Wallingford for about an hour.
Unsilent Night is an original work by New York composer 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 (download here). 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.
This is the third year in a row that local composer Josh Parmenter has led the Seattle version on the Winter Solstice. So it now seems to be a tradition, with folks of all ages coming out to participate. Meeting in the Chapel at Good Shepherd Center, we'll get set up, start our boomboxes, and then walk in a procession through the streets of Wallingford for about an hour.
