Events Calendar

The VTSU Castleton Soundings Program presents The Moth Project on Tuesday, September 24th at 7:00 PM in Casella Theater. Can a song about moths save the earth? The Moth project invites their audience on a parallel journey between moths and humans through music and photos in a multi-media performance. Tickets are $10/Adults, $5/Seniors, and free […]

The VTSU Castleton Soundings Program presents (Un)Fractured: Neurodiversity on Wednesday, September 25th at 7:00 PM in Casella Theater. Based on the Vermont Public Radio series of the same name, a panel focuses on the experience of the neurodiverse community at VSTU. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the […]

2024 Lyndon Homecoming and Family Weekend Registration and payment is required for some events. Prices vary. Homecoming Highlights

2024 Johnson Homecoming and Family WeekendRegistration and payment is required for some events. Prices vary. Homecoming Highlights

Yacouba Sissoko, is a Master kora player from the djely tradition. He has devoted his musical gift to expand the awareness of West African history and culture, spread the word of peace and empower his listeners to take charge and realize their imagined futures. His performances have a magical effect on audiences as he skillfully […]

The VTSU Castleton Soundings Program presents a Workshop by the performers of Bala Bila on Tuesday, October 15th at 12:30 PM in the 1787 Room. BALA-BILA brings together two African master musicians–Balla Kouyate on balafon, calabash, bass guitar and voice, and Matchume Zango on timbila, mbira, percussion and voice. Bala Bila will lead a workshop […]

Vermont State University offers senior electromechanical/electrical engineering and manufacturing capstone courses each year, where student groups partner with industry to solve specific, real problems presented by organizations. Student groups work with these partners to engineer solutions, then test and refine those solutions, over many months and under the guidance of faculty. Our students have worked with local/regional/global companies and/or […]

The VTSU Castleton Soundings Program presents a performance by Bala Bila on Tuesday, October 15th at 7:00 PM in the 1787 Room. BALA-BILA brings together two African master musicians–Balla Kouyate on balafon, calabash, bass guitar and voice, and Matchume Zango on timbila, mbira, percussion and voice, through a performance framed as an intercultural musical conversation […]

Reception and artist talk with MFA candidate Matt Neckers.

The BALA-BILA production with Balla Kouyaté from the West African country of Mali and Matchume Zango from the Southeastern African country of Mozambique is historic because we believe that this is the first time that balafon and the timbila have ever been played together. The elaborate orchestral style of playing complex musical arrangements on timbila […]

The VTSU Castleton Soundings Program in partnership with the Vermont Humanities Speakers Bureau presents Stories from the VT Queer Archives on Thursday, October 24th at 12:30 PM in the Jeffords Auditorium. Meg Tamulonis discusses how the VT Queer Archive’s collection marks various milestones, from Pride events to legal rulings, and considers why some parts of […]

Join us for a gathering of Vermont educators, employers, and community leaders on October 25 at the Randolph campus of Vermont State University, focused on the future of rural Vermont. We are thrilled to have Kenneth Cadow (Vermont principal and author of Gather, to deliver the keynote address. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. and […]

The VTSU Castleton Soundings Program presents a screening of Craft in America: Quilts on Thursday, November 7th at 12:30 PM in the Jeffords Auditorium. Quilts hold history, share culture, and tell stories that would otherwise not be told. The Quilts episode features contemporary masters of this powerful art form. Soundings students are required to sign […]