City of Floating Sounds
PRESENTED BY INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS & IDEAS, YALE SCHWARZMAN CENTER AND NEW HAVEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
City of Floating Sounds is an invitation to connect with our surroundings and each other. Experience a shifting soundscape as you journey through the city. Can you find other audience members to create a richer sound? Pushing the boundaries of classical music performance, City of Floating Sounds uses cutting-edge creative technology to take music out into the city. Guided by a bespoke mobile app, make your way through the streets of New Haven listening to fragments of Huang Ruo’ s meditative new work.As you get closer to the Green – and other audience members – the sound will expand, revealing more parts of the work. An opportunity to explore New Haven in a new light – the path you take and who you meet on your journey can all change what you hear.
The walking element of the event begins at 6PM from a series of locations approximately a 30 minute walk from the New Haven Green. The concert takes place at New Haven Green at 7PM and lasts 2 hours. The City of Floating Sounds walk requires audiences to download an app. The download link will be released 2 days before the event. Register here to receive the download link straight to your inbox.
Commissioned by Factory International, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, National Taichung Theater, Taiwan and West Kowloon Cultural District.