Bent Frequency presents Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night

Please join us as we host the annual performance of Phil Kline's Unsilent Night. There will be a social hour between 5:00-6:00pm. The strolling performance begins at 6:00 pm sharp!

FREE and open to everyone, no experience necessary!

Unsilent Night is a mobile sound sculpture that was 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 by playing composed, pre-recorded tracks through their phone and a portable speaker, or portable analogue play back system like a boom box! Think of it as caroling but with experimental, non-religious, holiday-adjacent sound art!

You can see a clip of it here:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9sg0wR_yDW4

We will walk for 45 minutes through historic Cabbagetown admiring the beauty of the neighborhood mixed with the immersive sound scultpture that is Unsilent Night. We will use 97 Estoria as a meeting/stepping off point, please join us early and stay after for some holiday fellowship and community! 

Please feel free to bring lights, lanterns, and family and friends to participate!

Download your Unsilent Night Track here: http://unsilentnight.com/participate.html

Note: if you plan to bring a boombox or another analogue player please reach out to us early to let us know. We have a very limited number of CDs and cassettes of the tracks available.

Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, Amphion Foundation, and the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

About Bent Frequency

Bent Frequency, ensemble in residence at Georgia State University, is a professional contemporary music ensemble based in Atlanta. Hailed as “one of the brightest new music ensembles on the scene today” by Gramophone magazine, Bent Frequency engages an eclectic mix of the most adventurous and impassioned players from the greater Atlanta area. Founded in 2003, Bent Frequency (BF) brings the avant-garde to life through adventurous and socially conscious programming, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and community engagement. One of BF’s primary goals is championing the work of historically underrepresented composers - music by women, composers of color, and LGBTQIA+. Its programming, educational outreach, and community events aim to be inclusive of the diverse and dynamic community they are a part of.