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September 10 - September 11, 2026
Presented By: VTSU
Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 7pm
Location:
Dibden Center for the Arts
VTSU – Johnson
200 S Pond Rd.
Johnson, VT
Friday, September 11, 2026 at 7pm
Location:
Alexander Twilight Theatre
VTSU – Lyndon
1069 College Road
Lyndonville, VT
Tickets: FREE for VTSU community (staff, faculty, and students), $10 local county ID, $25 GA.
Veena Chandra is an internationally renowned sitarist, composer, teacher, and choreographer. She is the founder and director of the Dance and Music School of India in Latham, NY, which celebrates over thirty years. She has been a faculty member at Skidmore College since 1990, teaching sitar in the music department. Since 2014, she has also served as an Artist Associate in sitar at Williams College or Williamstown, MA.
Born in Dehra Doon, located in the valley of the Himalaya Mountain Range on November 30, 1944. Veena was inspired to play music by her father, her first Guru. She continued learning stiar with Shri Satish Chandra, a disciple of Ravi Shankar. She continued her advanced training under the late Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb. Veena Chandra earned master’s degrees in music, ranking third for the entire country of India for a Master’s in Music. She holds a Master’s degree in sociology and a bachelor’s degree in teaching. She has been performing and teaching sitar for more than sixty years.
Location:
Dibden Center for the Arts
VTSU – Johnson
200 S Pond Rd.
Johnson, VT
Friday, September 11, 2026 at 7pm
Location:
Alexander Twilight Theatre
VTSU – Lyndon
1069 College Road
Lyndonville, VT
Tickets: FREE for VTSU community (staff, faculty, and students), $10 local county ID, $25 GA.
Veena Chandra is an internationally renowned sitarist, composer, teacher, and choreographer. She is the founder and director of the Dance and Music School of India in Latham, NY, which celebrates over thirty years. She has been a faculty member at Skidmore College since 1990, teaching sitar in the music department. Since 2014, she has also served as an Artist Associate in sitar at Williams College or Williamstown, MA.
Born in Dehra Doon, located in the valley of the Himalaya Mountain Range on November 30, 1944. Veena was inspired to play music by her father, her first Guru. She continued learning stiar with Shri Satish Chandra, a disciple of Ravi Shankar. She continued her advanced training under the late Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb. Veena Chandra earned master’s degrees in music, ranking third for the entire country of India for a Master’s in Music. She holds a Master’s degree in sociology and a bachelor’s degree in teaching. She has been performing and teaching sitar for more than sixty years.