Interlochen Center for the Arts is a non-profit corporation which operates arts education institutions and performance venues in northwest

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. It is situated on a campus in

Interlochen, Michigan Interlochen ( ') is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the population was 694, up from 583 at the 2010 census. The community is located with ...

, roughly southwest of

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. Interlochen supports young domestic and international artists in the pursuit of studying music, theater, dance, visual arts, creative writing, film, and interdisciplinary arts.

Overview

Interlochen Center for the Arts is the umbrella organization for summer program Interlochen Arts Camp, arts boarding high school Interlochen Arts Academy,

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charter station Interlochen Public Radio, performance series Interlochen Presents, adult arts program Interlochen College of Creative Arts, and online arts program Interlochen Online.

Interlochen Arts Camp

Founded in 1928 by

Joseph E. Maddy Joseph Edgar Maddy (October 14, 1892 – April 18, 1966) was a pioneering American music educator and conductor. He was born in Wellington, Kansas where both of his parents were teachers. He attended Wichita College of Music in Wichita, Kansas wh ...

, Interlochen Arts Camp (formerly known as National Music Camp) offers multiple summer arts camp programs for students in grades 3-12. Programs range from one- to six-weeks.

Interlochen Arts Academy

Interlochen Arts Academy is a pre-professional arts boarding high school, founded in 1963 by Joseph E. Maddy. The school offers seven arts majors in creative writing, dance, film and new media, interdisciplinary arts, music, theater, and visual arts. Ninety-six percent of graduates are accepted into one of their top three colleges. The 2021 graduating class matriculated to various institutions, including:

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, and

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Interlochen Online

Interlochen Online began during the

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and is now a main educational pillar for the institution. The program offers private lessons and group courses in all seven of Interlochen's arts area: Creative Writing, Dance, Film & New Media, Interdisciplinary Arts, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts. Plus, Interlochen Online offers private, college advising to those interesting in pursuing conservatory or arts-focused higher education.

Interlochen College of Creative Arts

Founded in 2004, Interlochen College of Creative Arts offers non-degree granting arts programs and continuing education units for adults 18 years and older.

Interlochen Public Radio

Interlochen Center for the Arts is home to

Interlochen Public Radio Interlochen Public Radio (IPR), established in 1963, is the National Public Radio member network for Northern Michigan. It broadcasts classical music and news on five stations in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. It is operated by the Interloch ...

, a

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member station that broadcasts a signal to most of the lower peninsula of Northern Michigan as well as parts of eastern

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. Two listener-supported stations broadcast to northwest Michigan: Classical Music 88.7, 88.5, 94.7 and 100.9 FM; News Radio 91.5, 90.1 and 89.7 FM. Broadcasts include arts programming, news and culture from around the world, as well as local and regional news. IPR was a charter member of National Public Radio. Founded in 1963, Interlochen Public Radio or WIAA was envisioned as an extension of the "Music From Interlochen" program which ran on the

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radio network. The Music From Interlochen Program informed a wider audience about the activities at the then-named National Music Camp and the nascent Interlochen Arts Academy. The station was slow to catch on in its early years and some considered shutting down the operation. Interlochen Public Radio went on to establish itself with two service channels: one for music and one for news. In 1993, Interlochen Public Radio reportedly had one of the highest rates of per capita contributions of any public radio station in the United States. The station's classical music service is broadcast from their main tower at WIAA 88.7 FM in

Interlochen Interlochen ( ') is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the population was 694, up from 583 at the 2010 census. The community is located wit ...

, along with

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88.5 FM in

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, and W234BU 94.7 FM in

. In 2000, IPR began offering a separate news service on WICA 91.5 FM in

and later added WLMN 89.7 FM in Manistee and WHBP 90.1 FM in

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Interlochen Presents

Interlochen Presents offers a summer festival from June through August during the arts camp and a performing arts series from September through May that coincides with the Arts Academy school year. It features concerts, plays, art exhibits, readings, film screenings, and dance productions presented by students, faculty, and staff, along with an assortment of guest artists. Previous guest artists include Steely Dan,

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, Sara Bareilles,

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, Jewel, Carol Jantsch,

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, and Bela Fleck.

History

From the State of Michigan historical marker on Interlochen's Osterlin Mall:

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once lived in the pine forest between lakes Wahbekaness and Wahbekanetta. In the late 1800s white men came and cut the pines, leaving only a small forest between the lakes. This virgin pine was purchased in 1917 by the state and became part of one of the first state parks. When the lumber era ended, the Wylie Cooperage mill occupied the Indian village site, making barrels until the hardwood ran out. Willis Pennington's summer hotel, opened in 1909, was popular with fishermen until automobiles and better roads drew them elsewhere. Then in 1918, Camp Interlochen, one of Michigan's first girls' recreation camps, was opened, followed in 1922 by Camp Penn Loch for boys. In 1928, by arrangement with Willis Pennington,
Joseph E. Maddy Joseph Edgar Maddy (October 14, 1892 – April 18, 1966) was a pioneering American music educator and conductor. He was born in Wellington, Kansas where both of his parents were teachers. He attended Wichita College of Music in Wichita, Kansas wh ...
and Thaddeus P. Giddings established the National High School Orchestra Camp. It grew rapidly in scope, size, and reputation, becoming the National Music Camp in 1931, and affiliating with the
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in 1942. Interlochen Arts Academy was chartered in 1960 to provide year-round training in the creative arts.

From the book ''Interlochen, The First 25 Years'':

In 1926, Joe Maddy was asked to organize and conduct the First National High School Orchestra for the Music Supervisors' National Conference (now known as the Music Educators National Conference) in
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. Its resounding success led to an invitation to duplicate the experience at the
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convention of the
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's Department of Superintendence in 1927. The exuberant young musicians pled for the chance to work and play together longer than the few days the convention appearance afforded. Joe Maddy promised them a music camp! In June, 1928, at Interlochen, Michigan, in the midst of a magnificent stand of virgin pine trees between two lovely lakes, The National High School Orchestra Camp opened its doors. On leased land, with the old Hotel Pennington, several cottages, 29 new camper cabins, a hospital, water and sewer system, the new Interlochen Bowl, and $40,000 debt, this brave experiment was launched.

Interlochen was the inspiration for the 1941 Paramount motion picture ''There's Magic in Music'' (AKA "The Hard Boiled Canary"). Interlochen also provided inspiration, along with

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, for

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's character in American Pie. In 2006,

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filmed a reality TV pilot for

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Interlochen Arts Academy Interlochen Center for the Arts is a non-profit corporation which operates arts education institutions and performance venues in northwest Michigan. It is situated on a campus in Interlochen, Michigan, roughly southwest of Traverse City. ...

. Afraid that an MTV show would ruin Interlochen's distinguished reputation, a large group of students resorted to protesting and

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the

film crew in order to prevent

from filming viable footage. Student efforts were successful, and the pilot never aired.

Awards and accolades

*National Medal of Arts: In 2006, Interlochen Center for the Arts was named recipient of the

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, one of the highest honors bestowed by the

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and

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on individuals or institutions that have contributed substantially to the growth and advancement of the arts. Interlochen president Jeff Kimpton received the award on behalf of Interlochen Center for the Arts from President

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in an

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ceremony. *Presidential Scholars in the Arts: Interlochen Arts Academy is a perennial front-runner among American high schools in its production of Presidential Scholars in the Arts, having produced more recipients of the award than any other school in the nation. *National youngARTS Foundation: Interlochen Arts Academy represents 19% of youngARTS finalists. In connection to the youngARTS competition, three Interlochen students, Adam Blodgett '08, Alix Briggs '08, and Steven Johnson '09, were featured on HBO's Primetime Emmy-winning

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series. Alumni

has also appeared on the series as a mentor.

Images

File:The Commons at Interlochen Fine Arts School.jpg, Osterlin Mall File:Stone Hotel.jpg, The Stone Hotel overlooking Green Lake File:Interlochen Administration Building.jpg, The Maddy Administration Building

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include: *

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- actress *

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- singer, actor, and director * Michael Arrom - musician *

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- actress *

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- producer and screenwriter *

Charles Roland Berry Charles Roland Berry (born 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American composer. He studied music history and music composition at the University of California with Peter Racine Fricker. Fricker taught him the intricate details of serialist ...

- composer * Garrett Børns - musician *

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- musician *

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- actor and chef *

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- actor *

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- musician *

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- actor * Angelin Chang - pianist *

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- singer and actress *

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- writer and director *

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- Principal clarinetist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Ret.) * Frank Crawford - Principal Tuba, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band *

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- actor and pro football player *

John Dalley John Dalley (born 3 March 1935 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American violinist. He was raised in a musical family. His father was an orchestra conductor, violinist, composer, instrumental teacher, and music educator. His mother, from Bloomington, ...

- violinist *

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- musician *

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- musician * Michael Delp - writer *

Elaine Douvas Elaine Douvas (born 1952) has been Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City since 1977. She is also Instructor of Oboe and Chairman of the Woodwind Department at The Juilliard School. She also serves on the faculty of Man ...

- musician * Kermit Driscoll - musician *

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- Dean of the

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- actress *

Peter Erskine Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead. Early life and education Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the dru ...

- drummer *

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- actress * Anna Fidler - artist *

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- actor *

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- actor * Shelley Gillen - producer, screenwriter and songwriter *

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- actress and singer * Steven M. Goodman - biologist *

- singer/songwriter & record producer with record sales over 35 million *

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- conductor * Steve Hayden - advertising executive *

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- Musician *

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- publishing executive *

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- lyricist *

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- actor * Evan Helmuth *

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- musician *

Anne Hills Anne Hills (born October 18, 1953) is an American folk singer-songwriter. Hills was born to a family of missionaries in Moradabad, India, and grew up in Michigan, United States. She studied at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, where she pl ...

- singer/songwriter *

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- composer and conductor *

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- actress *

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- author * Hao Huang - pianist * Felicity Huffman - actress *

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- Oscar-nominated actor *

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- Oscar-winning actress *

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- actress * Carol Jantsch - musician * Aaron M. Johnson - saxophonist and bandleader *

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- clarinetist * Scott Joiner - singer / composer *

- multiple Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. * Kim Kashkashian - violist * Ani Kavafian - violinist * Ida Kavafian - violinist * Celia Keenan-Bolger - actress * Jewel (singer), Jewel Kilcher - singer * Amelia Kinkade - actress * Damian Kulash - musician - founding member of rock band OK Go * Dane Laffrey - scenic designer * Naomi Lang - ice dancer * Phill Lewis - actor * Jennifer Lynch, Jennifer Chambers Lynch - director * Lorin Maazel - violinist, composer * Anthony McGill (musician), Anthony McGill - clarinetist * Michael McMillian - actor * Dmitri Matheny - musician * Herman Matthews - drummer * Mia Michaels - choreographer * Eric Millegan - actor * F. Hudson Miller - sound editor * Bob Mintzer * Ross Mintzer * Elizabeth Fischer Monastero * Dermot Mulroney - actor * Jessye Norman - opera singer and Grammy Lifetime Achievement award winner * Sean Osborn - Clarinetist and Composer * Our Lady J - television writer, pianist, singer/songwriter * Larry Page - co-founder of Google * Donovan Patton * Shelley Posen * Susan Poser - President of Hofstra University * Prince Poppycock, John Quale * Rain Pryor - actress * Anthony Rapp - Broadway actor * Jackson Rathbone * Margot Rose * David Shifrin * Trish Sie * Alexandra Silber * Peter Sparling * Doug Stanton - New York Times bestselling author * Sufjan Stevens - singer/songwriter and Academy Award for Best Original Song, Academy Award and Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Grammy Award nominee * Casey Stratton * Toni Trucks * Rufus Wainwright - Juno Award winning singer/songwriter * Benjamin Walker (actor), Benjamin Walker * Mike Wallace - television journalist * Debbie Weems * Michael Weiss (pianist), Michael Weiss * Lawrence Irving Wilde - composer, singer, songwriter and producer of House of Faces * Charley Wilkinson - timpanist * Rumer Willis - actress * Betty Who - Australian recording artist with top-ten single * Peter Yarrow - singer * Sean Young - actress
* Daxun Zhang - Double Bass International Soloist; Juilliard Professor, Tianjin, China

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*[http://www.boardingschools.com/school-profile/interlochen-arts-academy The Association of Boarding Schools profile for the Interlochen Arts Academy] *
Pine Nuts book website
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Interlochen Arts Camp

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Interlochen College of Creative Arts

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