About EWS
Arts and Culture
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performing and visual arts are alive and kicking in the Capital Region,
where world-class venues host world-class events. Museums abound, and feature
collections of renown. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall hosts the Albany Symphony.
Saratoga Performing Arts Center is the summer home of the NYC Ballet and
Philadelphia Orchestra. Cultural and ethnic festivals fill the calendar.
Sports events draw fans in huge numbers. Proctor’s and Palace Theatres
feature Broadway shows at Upstate prices. The 15,000-seat Pepsi Arena brings
big names to town.
Museum and Galleries
Albany Institute
of History and Art
The Arts Center
of the Capital Region
Clark Art Institute
The Hyde Collection
Art Museum
National Museum of
Dance & Hall of Fame
National Museum
of Racing and Hall of Fame
New York State Museum
Rensselaer County
Historical Society
Tang
Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College
Performing Arts Venues
Albany Symphony
Orchestra
The Egg
New York State Theatre
Institute
Palace Theatre
Pepsi Arena
Proctor’s Theatre
Saratoga Performing Arts
Center
Troy Savings Bank
Music Hall
Capital Repertory Theatre

Emma Willard is a school in good hands. The Board of Trustees is involved and informed by an active Parent Council, Alumnae Council, and institutional leadership that includes Head of School Trudy Hall and a superior team of administrators.