Unsilent Night

WHEN: Sunday, December 14, 2008 • 3pm 

WHERE: Santa Fe Plaza and Environs

In a new holiday tradition, SFNM presents Santa Fe’s first manifestation of Phil Kline’s international outdoor ambient music piece for an infinite number of boomboxes and community performers. Some 30 cities: from Sydney to Seattle, Middlesbrough (UK) to Manassas (VA), and Houston to Hamburg, will be recreating what the composer calls, “a Christmas caroling party except that we don’t sing, but rather carry the music, each of us playing a separate track that is a “voice” in the piece... We become a city-block-long sound system!” Recent performances in San Francisco and elsewhere have attracted over a thousand spectators and hundreds of participants.

This new holiday tradition will convey a sense of urbanism and post-modernist play into Santa Fe’s rich and exciting yuletide roster. To participate in “Unsilent Night,” interested community members will need to bring their own boombox or machine that can play a cassette, .mp3, or CD, and sign up in advance with Santa Fe New Music. Those without boomboxes can still walk along with the performers.

Email us if you want to participate! Or call us at 505-474-6601 after December 1. We will need to know if your boombox plays tapes (preferred) or CD.