Spring 2027

For students with some prior singing experience. This class is designed to refine awareness and coordination of the mind and body and develop a reliable vocal technique applicable to all styles of singing and speaking performance.  

For students with some prior singing experience. This class is designed to refine awareness and coordination of the mind and body and develop a reliable vocal technique applicable to all styles of singing and speaking performance.  

For students with some prior singing experience. This class is designed to refine awareness and coordination of the mind and body and develop a reliable vocal technique applicable to all styles of singing and speaking performance.  

This class uses the lens of the Alexander Technique to teach principles of mindfulness and awareness in action. The Alexander Technique is a method for cultivating awareness and creating the conditions for change to emerge in our movement patterns, thought processes, and sensory experiences. Using these principles one can discover movement possibilities that are supportive

How do you design a computer program to build a world when you don’t know in advance how big that world will get? A snake eats and grows longer, segment by segment. A fleet of alien invaders fills the screen, each one tracking its own position and trajectory. A dictionary contains a quarter of a million words, and your program needs to search through all of them. This course

This course introduces students to the fundamental and methods of preservation the personal digital files for the long term and even for the future generation. It examines digital file corruption, data loss, technological advancement, failure or loss of personal computers, mobile devices and advancing over time the storage

The dramaturg serves as a powerful medium in the theatre. They bridge the past and the present, the creative team and the audience, while providing critical generosity and historical and literary insight. In this course, we will learn about the history and practice of dramaturgy, while learning how the critical and research skills of the dramaturg can apply to a wide array

This course is an introduction to the magic of copper plate Intaglio. We will explore various techniques to prepare our plates including hand working and acid etching with materials such as rosin resists and sugar lifts. By the end of term, we will be printing in color. Ultimately, the overall goal of our endeavors will be to begin a dialog about artistic production in a

This 4000-level course examines major developments in modern and contemporary art from the aftermath of World War II to the present, considering how artists have responded to and helped shape the political, social, technological, and economic conditions of their time. Rather than following a progression of movements and styles, the course is organized around how artistic

This course recognizes the essential role that the arts and culture play in a healthy democracy. Arts and culture invite us to experience perspectives and ways of life different from our own; they shape conversations about freedom, equal rights and other values that are at the core of American society; and they help us engage with the world in new and important ways. In

What in family is given, what is found, what is made? This seminar explores a range of methods developed through the anthropological study of kinship. Students will explore what is revealed, through these methods, about the very texture of relations and relatedness. By considering how kinship is imbricated with various

Klezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jewish communities of Central and Eastern Europe. With its breakneck dance tunes, soulful strings, and wailing horns, Klezmer has been an ever-evolving fixture of Jewish cultural life since its beginnings in the sixteenth century, incorporating elements from Ottoman Turkish music, Baroque music, Slavic and German folk dances,

The purpose of this course is twofold: first, to immerse students in the rich linguistic setting of Vermont and its immediate neighbors, and second, to introduce them to the basic methodologies of field research in sociolinguistics and related disciplines.  Thematically, the course will consider language diversity at three different

This course uses the visual arts of the French-speaking world as a way into the language itself. From the first day, you will learn to describe what you see: colors, shapes, people, places, gestures. Gradually you will move on to telling stories, expressing opinions, and asking questions about works of art. Along the way, we will look at how artists from France, Quebec, West

This course explores the art and science of mixing and producing audio for both emergent immersive formats and traditional legacy platforms. Students will gain hands-on experience with spatial audio technologies such as Dolby Atmos, Ambisonics, and binaural mixing, while also mastering industry-standard techniques for stereo and 5.1

This course invites students to critically engage with liberalism, the dominant political theory in Anglo-American philosophy. Students will read some of the main texts in the various traditions of contemporary liberal thought, including libertarianism, Rawlsian liberalism and utilitarian liberalism, and survey some of the central critical

QAnon, The Big Lie, “crisis actors,” The Great Replacement, climate change denialism, and vaccine skepticism. The epistemic landscape of the early 21st century is marked, perhaps more than any other time in recent memory, by fast-spreading misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories. So much so that the newsmagazine Politico recently

Pull up a chair, open your ears, and dive into the powerful, genre-blurring sound worlds of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis. This inclusive, one-credit course is built around deep collective listening and open conversation. Together, we will explore how Davis bridges jazz, chamber music, and opera to tell vital stories about American history, civil rights, and

This interdisciplinary studio art and ecology course supports the creation of an updated edition of Trees and Shrubs of Bennington, marking the 50th anniversary of the original booklet

How should states and the international community respond to protracted and violent conflicts involving ethnic, linguistic, religious or other identity groups? This is/was one of the central challenges of politics and governance in places as diverse as Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Fiji, Iraq, India, Indonesia, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon

Beginning, intermediate and advanced group lessons on the mandolin will be offered. Students will learn classical technique on the mandolin and start to develop a repertoire of classical and traditional folk pieces. Simple song sheets with chords, tablature, and standard notation, chord theory, and scale work will all be used to further skills. History of the Italian origins

This course will advance the work of Meisner I into the exploration of text and scene work. We will discover how to transform words on the page into vital improvisation by continually giving up our ideas of how we think a scene should be acted and trusting in what is actually happening between the actors on stage, in the moment. We will embark on a process of character

This course will be an introduction to music practices of the Mediterranean, encompassing Southern Europe, West Asia, and North Africa. Our central aim will be to develop familiarity with a range of music traditions—folk, religious, popular, and classical—by studying their underlying melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic principles. We will also examine the function of these

Modeling and Making with Rhino 8 is an introductory course to Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Modeling and how those models can be used in real-world applications. This course will explore the use of Rhino to create interactive models that represent imagined designs for; manufacturing, architecture, and spatial sketching. Particular attention will be paid to how computer models

Modern Guitar is a one on one private lesson.  Occasionally if two students are about the same level the class will accommodate two students at a time. It is expected that a firm grasp of all the concepts taught in Beginning and Intermediate Guitar are fully understood.