Lubbock, Texas
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
6:00 PM
Hosted by Texas Tech University and Jennifer Jolley
FACEBOOK EVENT
Where: in front of Hemmle Recital Hall
A luminous soundscape played by the audience on boomboxes carried through city streets.
Every December since 1992.
From New York to San Francisco
and Brussels to Saskatoon.
"Caroling has never been so epic." — Flavorpill
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 that is different from every listener's perspective.
Download the app, bring a Bluetooth speaker, and press play while we promenade around TTU and play music for all to hear! (P.S. This event is kid-friendly.)