INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS

'Interlochen Center for the Arts'

Established	1928
Type of institution	Fine arts boarding high school, summer camp, elementary school and arts festival
Students	Academy: 450, Camp: 2000 (approx)
Location	Interlochen, Michigan, United States
Website	www.interlochen.org

The 'Interlochen Center for the Arts' is an arts institution located in Interlochen, Michigan, USA, on a 1,200 acre (5 km²) campus, roughly 15 miles southwest of Traverse City.

Contents

Interlochen Arts Camp

Interlochen Arts Academy

Notable alumni

Interlochen Arts Festival

Interlochen Pathfinder School

Interlochen Public Radio

Opera Field

New Buildings

Awards and Accolades

Related publications

External links

References

Interlochen Arts Camp

The 'Interlochen Arts Camp' (formerly the 'National Music Camp') is an annual summer camp for approximately 2,000 students aged 8 to 18. It was founded in 1928 by Joseph E. Maddy as the 'National High School Orchestra Camp'. Today, campers participate in music, theatre, creative writing, dance, motion picture arts, and visual arts. Programs range in length from one to six weeks, and campers are divided into three divisions: Junior (grades 3-6), Intermediate (grades 6-9), and High School (grades 9-12). Interlochen is also home to the Interlochen All-State program, which consists of two-week band, orchestra, and choir programs for Michigan high school students. There are adult programs as well as part of the Interlochen College of Creative Arts.

Interlochen Arts Academy

The 'Interlochen Arts Academy' is a 'high school' for students, and is an independent high school dedicated to the arts. As of 2006, it has 300 faculty and staff, and roughly 470 students. While more than half the students major in music performance, IAA also offers majors in creative writing, dance, theatre arts, and visual arts. Beginning with the 2005 school year, IAA established a major in motion picture arts (MPA).
The vast majority of students at Interlochen Arts Academy are boarding students; some day students who live in the vicinity also attend. Boarding students live in one of the campus' six residence halls. Thor Johnson House and Mozart/Beethoven House are female halls, and Picasso House and Hemingway House are usually male halls. McWhorter is historically female, but in recent years has not been put to full use. The new DeRoy Center for Motion Picture Arts also has dorm rooms for both genders.
IAA seniors graduate with a Commencement ceremony held in May in Kresge Auditorium. The vast majority continue to universities or conservatories for further study in the arts or academics. IAA faculty and counseling staff advise and assist students in their applications and auditions for post-secondary study. Conservatories that often admit Interlochen students include Juilliard, Eastman, Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), Curtis, New England Conservatory, Oberlin, Manhattan School of Music, Boston Conservatory and Peabody, among others.

Notable alumni

★ Rumer Willis

★ Michael Arden

★ Chris Brubeck

★ Bruno Campos

★ Rachel Carns

★ Bill Church

★ Victoria Clark

★ Chip Davis

★ Xavier Davis

★ Elaine Douvas

★ Jennifer Ehle

★ Peter Erskine

★ Christie Hefner

★ Ed Helms [1]

★ Wataru Hokoyama

★ Marya Hornbacher

★ Felicity Huffman

★ Tom Hulce

★ Linda Hunt [2]

★ Carol Jantsch

★ Norah Jones

★ Jewel Kilcher

★ Amelia Kinkade

★ Jennifer Chambers Lynch [3]

★ Michael McMillian

★ Bob Mintzer

★ Donovan Patton

★ Anthony Rapp

★ Allie Schulz

★ Sufjan Stevens

★ Casey Stratton

★ Josh Groban

★ Lisa Lynne Mathis



See more here: http://www.interlochen.org/alumni/highperforming_alumni

Interlochen Arts Festival

The 'Interlochen Arts Festival' has a summer and winter series. It features concerts, plays, art exhibits, readings, and dance productions presented by students, faculty, and staff, as well as both well-known and obscure guest artists. Interlochen Arts Festival events are held in numerous venues around the Interlochen campus. The list of recent guest artists includes Willie Nelson, B.B. King, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Guster, Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, Jewel, Josh Groban, and Bela Fleck.
The Summer Arts Festival schedule is typically announced in April.

Interlochen Pathfinder School

'Interlochen Pathfinder School' is an elementary school, serving students from pre-school to eighth grade. It is based on a 22-acre wooded campus three miles from Traverse City, Michigan. The Pathfinder School was founded in 1972, merged with Interlochen in 2000, and was renamed the Interlochen Pathfinder School. There has been an associated summer camp for children from age four to eighth grade over the years.
In 2007, Interlochen announced that it would close the Pathfinder School. However, a group of Pathfinder parents sought and found a source of funds that will enable the school to return to independent operations beginning the fall of 2007.

Interlochen Public Radio

Interlochen Center for the Arts is home to Interlochen Public Radio, an NPR affiliate with studios on the Interlochen campus and broadcast locations around northern lower Michigan. It boasts one of the highest rates of per capita contributions of any public radio station in the United States and is beloved as a community resource.

Opera Field

Opera Field is a large multi-use field at Interlochen Center for the Arts adjacent to the Interlochen writing house and the sculpture graveyard. Opera Field is used for outdoor opera productions, athletic games, and other activities. It has been the home of several concerts including the debut performance of Film Dialog.

New Buildings

Interlochen has recently sought to enhance its facilities and has received major gifts enabling it to contruct a new creative writing building, several new theater buildings, a new music building, a motion picture studies building, and a new library. In 2007, ground was broken on a new visual arts facility to be completed in late 2008.

Awards and Accolades

In 2006, Interlochen Center for the Arts was named recipient of the National Medal of Arts^[1]. Interlochen Arts Academy is a perennial front-runner among American high schools in its production of Presidential Scholars in the Arts, having had more recipients of the award than any other school in the nation.

Related publications

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External links

★ Interlochen Center for the Arts

References

1. 2006 National Medal of Arts, announcement from the National Endowment of the Arts website