Join Us: Sing "Silent Night" at the Kimmel Center on Dec. 12, 2025
We’re gathering at the Kimmel Center again this year on Friday, December 12th, 2025 to sing the beloved carol Silent Night — so save the date! As always, we need your voice, so please join us whether you are a first time participant or a seasoned caroler.
Register at the bottom of this page.
This free community performance will be a powerful experience that you don’t want to miss, showing beyond a doubt that music connects us, inspires us, and elevates us—regardless of our differences.
We welcome singers of all ages and experience to participate, but you can also participate as a listener. Everyone is welcome to this free event!
As always, Philadelphia composer and conductor John Conahan will lead all singers participating in his beautiful arrangement of “Silent Night.”
Specific event details will follow but here's what you need to know: On Friday, December 12th, 2025 for an evening hour, singers of all ages and abilities, some from diverse ensembles all across the Greater Philadelphia Region, and many who just enjoy singing, will come together for the SILENT NIGHT SING-IN, a performance in the Commonwealth Plaza of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. There will be a brief rehearsal for all participating singers, and then a performance immediately following the rehearsal. Don't worry, it's easy and fun!
Please register below so that we can accommodate and prepare for all singers and audience members planning to attend.
Our goal is to provide a wonderful experience, and a comfortable space for singers of all backgrounds to connect and celebrate the joy of music and communal singing. We welcome singers of all ages and experience. Many diverse voices and backgrounds will create the best experience. Please join us for this celebration of the connectivity of music in our beloved city.
Here's a video that looks back at our 2024 Silent Night Sing-In to get you ready for December. Can you feel the brisk December air and holiday spirit already? Register below today.
Produced by WRTI 90.1 with composer and conductor John Conahan and Ensemble Arts Philly, this event is free for singers and audience members. Everyone is invited to participate!
John Conahan is a composer, performer, conductor, and educator based in Philadelphia. His compositions have been premiered at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, and other prestigious venues by conductors including Lorin Maazel, Marin Alsop, and Donald Nally. One of Conahan’s works was featured at the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors Ceremony in Washington, DC.
Ensemble Arts Philly
On January 10, 2024, The Kimmel Cultural Campus and The Philadelphia Orchestra proudly introduced Ensemble Arts Philly, a new brand name representing a wide variety of genres, including Broadway, comedy, theater, jazz, dance, and family presentations across three venues: the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Academy of Music, and the Miller Theater. The new brand name also represents free programming, community service partnerships, digital rush ticket opportunities, complimentary tickets to partnering charitable organizations, and educational activities.
WRTI 90.1 is a member-supported, classical music and jazz public media station located in Philadelphia, with 14 frequencies serving listeners in PA, NJ, and DE. The mission of WRTI is to champion music as a vital cultural resource with core values of discovery, curation, performance, community, and preservation. Listen on the radio, online at WRTI.org, on the WRTI mobile App, and on your favorite smart speaker.
Notice: When you attend this event, you enter an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur. By entering and by your presence, you consent to be photographed, filmed and/or otherwise recorded.
Community events like Silent Night Sing-In are supported by the generous donations of WRTI Members. Become a Member today or consider an additional gift. Thank you!