Visual and Performing Arts
As the only 100 percent residential boarding school near Washington, D.C., Episcopal High School brings the arts to life through visiting artists and by taking students to enjoy the numerous cultural resources of the nation’s capital.
The School’s Arts Department instills in students a lifelong commitment to the creative arts and the world of imagination. Through a common core of arts in the curriculum, extracurricular opportunities for developing individual talents, and a consistent exposure to the rich cultural background of the nation's capital, students work toward a comprehensive understanding of and appreciation for all the arts and develop the ability to communicate proficiently in at least one art form.
Students who wish to focus their talents and energies toward serious training in the arts over four years are able to prepare for an arts major or studies at the college level. Knowledge and understanding of the arts through active participation and experience are vital to the development of student minds and values – inseparable from the rest of an Episcopal education.
Our Philosophy
That which defines beauty is intensely personal and ever-changing; that the human soul longs for it is undeniable. The need to experience and create resides in the human spirit. It is our job at Episcopal to honor that fundamental desire by uncovering it in some and
nourishing it in all.
Create and Express
Arts are part of every student’s experience. Whether in core arts classes, as an extracurricular, or exploring the cultural options in the nation’s capital, you will nourish your soul and your imagination at EHS.
ENSEMBLE
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TOURS
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VISITING ARTISTS
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ARTS IN D.C.The capital’s countless cultural options include the Smithsonian Institution, the Kennedy Center, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National Opera, the Washington Ballet, dozens of theaters, and hundreds of galleries. |
LESSONS
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PRODUCTIONS AND PERFORMANCES
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COURSEWORK
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GALLERIES
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Recent Theatre Productions
Where Space Meets Innovation: The Ainslie Arts Center
The 42,000-square-foot Ainslie Arts Center integrates the innate human longing for self-expression with the most current technological expectations of a 21st-century arts center.
- 100-Seat Breeden Black Box Theater with full-story catwalk
- 3 gas and electric kilns
- 1 dance studio with sprung wood floor
- 10 enlargers in darkroom
- 1 digital Photography studio
- 4 fully outfitted dressing rooms
- 9 music rehearsal rooms
- 24-channel digital recording studio
- Studios for painting, drawing, and ceramics
- 4 grand pianos
- 2 galleries
- 540-seat, state-of-the-art auditorium
- 10 Brent pottery wheels
Episcopal’s art facilities rank among the finest for any high school in the mid-Atlantic region and include amenities and equipment rarely seen on a high school campus. Students have opportunities to learn about and manipulate state-of-the-art lighting, sound, and projection systems for student performances and for professional productions that come to campus. Those interested in recording techniques have unique opportunities to work in a professional, multi-track recording studio.
