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Spring Showcase, a much-anticipated tradition at Emma Willard School, was elevated to new heights this year with its inclusion in the Wallace Center Grand Opening.
Alumnae, students, faculty, families, and friends were invited to attend the combined event, which provided a forum to highlight student work from the 2024–2025 school year in Signature capstone projects and the Emma Artists program.
The Signature capstone experience is offered to juniors and seniors who want to deepen their knowledge in an area of their choosing. Students devote the year to research and experimentation with the cooperation and guidance of their Signature manager. The presentations at Spring Showcase provide these budding young scholars with the opportunity to share their original goal or hypothesis, how the project evolved throughout the year, any conclusions, and what they learned. To learn more about different Signature projects presented at this year’s showcase, click here.
Nisha J. ’26 presents her Signature work entitled "Redefining the Back 40: Designing a Trail Map and Kiosk for Emma’s Forest"
The Emma Artists program is for talented students in music, dance, and visual arts* who wish to advance their studies. This year, the events included three recitals (two in the Wallace Center’s Klingenstein Concert Hall and one in Kiggins Auditorium), as well as a special film viewing in the Wallace Center’s new Bennack Theater. Dancers, choreographers, violinists, flutists, sopranos, pianists, and many more exceptional artists shared their background and inspiration for their pieces in their artist statement, which can be found here.
Lethukuthula K. ’25 played Johann Sebastian Bach's Unaccompanied No. 1 Sonata in G Minor during the Emma Artists Showcase.
Eleanora B. ’25 and Yuri O. ’25 host a talk-back after the premiere of their special project in the arts, a short film entitled The Price. The actors—Carly H. ’25, Gisele N. ’26, Kiki R. ’25, Ally D. ’25, and Abena A. ’25—joined them to answer questions from the audience.
Congratulations to all students who presented or performed at this year’s Spring Showcase—your work is an inspiration to the entire Emma community!
*The Emma Artist visual art reception will be on Thursday, May 16, at 12:00 p.m.
Continue to explore the Spring Showcase here and find more photos from the day on SmugMug.
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