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Cultural Events & Soundings, Spring 2008
Events that are part of Soundings: An Introduction to the Liberal Arts are marked as A Soundings Event! Students should be aware that not all events on this calendar count for credit. This calendar includes an extensive listing of Castleton's cultural events for spring 2008. Members of the community are welcome at these performances and lectures, although it should be noted that seating for 12:30 events is often limited and students get priority. What is Soundings? (PDF file) Important information for current Soundings students (PDF file) For more information, call the Box Office at 802-468-1119.
January 24 Convocation: Let Freedom Sing! Casella Theater 4 p.m., free	Esau Pritchett returns with the inspiring readings of the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year he will be joined by Dr. Michael Kiernan sharing the words of Robert F. Kennedy. They will be accompanied by the Castleton Chorale and Jazz Ensemble under the directions of Dr. Ronald Sherwin and Professor Glenn Giles. A Soundings Event!
January 30 Filmmaker Jared Martin Stafford Auditorium 4 p.m., free	Documentary filmmaker Jared Martin will speak about the non-profit group Big Picture Alliance he co-founded in 1994 to introduce inner city Philadelphia kids to filmmaking. www.bigpicturealliance.org A Soundings Event!
January 30 Yu Wei Dance Collection Casella Theater, 7 p.m. Tickets: Adults: $10; Sr./students: $7 child $5; College community free	Choreographer-dancer Yu Wei presents a multi-media performance of captivating dance visions and compelling short films inspired by nature, Chinese classical literature, history, and folk legend. Yu Wei’s performance provides a feeling of the unforgettable and timeless beauty of China as expressed through the art of dance. www.yuweidance.org A Soundings Event!
February 5 Jazz Ensemble 8 p.m., Casella Theater	Glenn Giles, Director
February 7 Nordic Voices Casella Theater, 7 p.m. Tickets: Adults: $10; Sr./students: $7; Child $5; College community free	These six singers from Norway have been established as one of the finest a cappella ensembles touring today, singing innovative concert programs of repertoire drawn from the medieval to the modern eras. www.nordicvoices.no/ A Soundings Event!
February 12 Professor Joanne Pencak: Getting Started in Investing Jeffords Lecture Hall 12:30 p.m.	How do you make our economic system work for you, instead of against you? Professor Joanne Pencak's lecture is designed to help you acquire insight into the basic survival principles involved with earning, spending, saving and investing. It will also help you distinguish “good” debt from “bad” debt. A Soundings Event
February 28 Dr. John Peterson Meyers: Environmental Health Casella Theater, 12:30 p.m.	Reporter, editor and publisher of www.OurStolenFuture.org, Dr. John Peterson Myers is founder, CEO and Chief Scientist at Environmental Health Sciences, publisher of EnvironmentalHealthNews.org. From 1990-2002 he was director of the W. Alton Jones Foundation, a private foundation supporting efforts to protect the global environment and to prevent nuclear war. www.OurStolenFuture.org A Soundings Event!
Tracy Samantha Schmidt: Covering Virginia Tech March 3, 7:00 p.m. Glenbrook Gymnasium	Writing as a professional journalist since high school, Ms. Schmidt was at Virginia Tech in the aftermath of the tragedy. After being told by her Time magazine editor to find a witness, she and a colleague used Facebook to find students who would be willing to tell their story of that terrible day. A Soundings Event!
March 5 Keystone Lecture: Kevin Sites Glenbrook Gym 7 p.m., Lecture 8 p.m., Discussion	Kevin Sites is redefining journalism for the digital age. As Yahoo!'s first news correspondent, he is spending a full year covering every major global armed conflict for "Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone" on Yahoo! News. Sites is the author of In the Hot Zone One Man, One Year, Twenty wars. http://hotzone.yahoo.com A Soundings Event!
Dr. William Frey Phi Eta Sigma: "Rebuilding a sense of self after a traumatic brain injury". Tuesday March 11 12:30 p.m. Jeffords Lecture Hall	Anyone can experience a brain injury, from a concussion to a severe head trauma. The short and long term consequences of a brain injury are unique to the individual and the bio-mechanics of the injury, but an important aspect of recovering from a traumatic brain injury involves assisting a person restore their "sense of self". Dr. William Frey will cover the five dimensions of self-specifying information that are the focus of rebuilding a survivor's "sense of self". A Soundings Event!
March 12-16 Theater Arts Department Production: Once on this Island Casella Theater March 12-15; 8 p.m. March 16; 2 p.m. Tickets: General Public $10; College Community $5	Once on this Island is a re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid," with story and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. This musical tells the story of Ti Moune and Daniel, two lovers from distinctively different backgrounds. The gods of Earth, Water, Love, and Death cause the lovers' lives to intersect and send Ti Moune on a journey that will test the strength and purity of her love. An enchanting play for all ages. A Soundings Event!
March 20 Dr. Madeleine Kunin: Pearls and Politics Casella Theater 12:30 p.m., free	Former Vermont governor, Harvard scholar and Deputy Secretary of Education, Dr. Kunin has spent 40 years in politics and university settings. She will be speaking about her experiences as well as discussing her latest book. www.madeleinekunin.org A Soundings Event!
March 27 Georgia Guitar Quartet Casella Theater 7:30 p.m. Ticket:s Aduts: $10; Sr./students: $7; Child $5	The Georgia Guitar Quartet has emerged as an exciting new voice in today's chamber music scene. These four young men from the American South deliver a high-energy blend of breathtaking virtuosity and imaginative programming while taking an adventurous approach to classical music. www.georgiaguitarquartet.com A Soundings Event!
April 8 Aniruddha Knight and Ensemble From the Heart of Tradition Casella Theater 7: 30 p.m. Tickets: Adults: $10; Sr./students: $7; Child: $5; College community free	The immediacy, certainty and expressiveness of performances by Bela Music and Dance prove that new art flows from traditional sources. Knight is the first male dancer in nine generations of one of India’s great professional artistic families and offers the last example of the hereditary practice of Bharata Natyam. www.aniruddhaknight.com A Soundings Event!
April 17 Castleton History Professor Dr. Andre Fleche, Phi Eta Sigma Lecture: The Civil War in a Modern Perspective 12:30 p.m., Jeffords Auditorium, free	Castleton History Professor Dr. Andre Fleche will examine the ways in which world revolutions affected American interpretations of their war. American observers took note when Latin Americans won their independence in the 1820's and European revolutions occurred in the mid-nineteenth century. Confederates and Unionists drew lessons from those events about nationalism, revolutions and the emerging liberal world-order that they then applied when war broke out in the United States. A Soundings Event!
April 24 Shakespeare and Company: A Midsummer Night's Dream Casella Theater 7 p.m. Tickets: Adults: $15, Sr./student $10; Child $7	This beloved play conjures the images of magic and illusion blurring the border between dreams and reality, between the fairy-world and that of the mortals. As the plot unfolds, we come to realize that the supernatural beings are as human as the mortals they follow. A Soundings Event!
JAZZ WEEK April 28 Castleton Wind Ensemble Glenn E. Giles, Conductor Casella Theater 8 p.m. free	The evening concert features a program of varied wind/percussion literature; ranging from renaissance transcriptions, to music from the ""Golden Age"" of the American Concert Bands including Sousa, Gilmore and Goldman, to contemporary selections. A Soundings Event!
April 29 PoJazz: Johnson State College and Spoken Word Ensemble Casella Theater 12:30 p.m.	PoJazz is an eclectic mix of poetry and jazz by Johnson State College students, faculty and friends. Performing an experiment in words and music, PoJazz believes that jazz and the blues tell stories, and that poetry, at its lyrical best, is never far from music and dance. A Soundings Event!
April 30 Mango Blue Casella Theater 7 p.m. Tickets: Adults: $10; Sr./student $7; Child: $5; College community free	Mango Blue is an Afro-Latin music ensemble that blends jazz, funk and R& B influences with a solid Afro-Latin foundation drawing from traditional rhythms such as Cuban Rumba, Puerto Rican Bomba, and Dominican Merengue. www.mangoblue.org A Soundings Event!
May 1 Castleton Jazz Ensemble Glenn E. Giles, Conductor Casella Theater, 8 p.m. free	The Castleton Jazz Ensemble explores various genres of jazz from Dixieland roots through the Big Band Era to today's contemporary stylings. The concert will also feature student combo work. This is not a Soundings Event.
May 4 Classic Collegiate Chorale and Friends Dr. Ronald Sherwin, Director Casella Theater 3 p.m., free	Castleton’s Collegiate Chorale will join with past members for a performance of audience favorites, signature songs, and pieces most loved by the members of the ensemble, including songs from their previous concerts in Europe and New York City. This is not a Soundings Event.
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