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SFA Percussion Studio to coordinate 'Unsilent Night' interactive event

November 29, 2018

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Percussion Studio at Stephen F. Austin State University and its director, Dr. Brad Meyer, will host its 3rd annual interactive community performance of Phil Kline's "Unsilent Night" starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, at the Wright Music Building's College Street entrance.

Participants will enjoy an approximate 45-minute walk through the Pecan and Raguet streets neighborhoods north of SFA campus while listening to a recording of "Unsilent Night" that has been downloaded to play over a smart device connected to portable speakers or to a CD played over a boom box.

Meyer encouraged community members to participate in the performance by following one of two steps:


"If inclement weather occurs, the performance will be canceled," he said. "To participate, simply be outside the music building before 6 p.m. and have a way to play the 'Unsilent Night' music. Music players are not supplied by the host, so please plan on bringing your own music player."

Joe Woodard of The Los Angeles Times described the "Unsilent Night" event as, "A dreamy fruitcake of parts, tranquil even through its anarchy." And K. Leander Williams in Time Out New York said, "Kline's luminous, shimmering wash of bell tones is one of the loveliest communal new-music experiences you'll ever encounter, and it's never the same twice."

Meyer further defined it as family friendly, with people often bringing their children with infants and toddlers in strollers.

"'Unsilent Night' has in fact become a holiday tradition for many families," he said. "Some families have been doing it for 20 years, and their children have grown up walking 'Unsilent Night.'"

For more information, go to http://unsilentnight.com/, visit http://www.finearts.sfasu.edu/ or call (936) 468-6407 or (888) 240-ARTS.





By Robbie Goodrich
Contact:
University Marketing Communications
(936) 468-2605