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2007
Interlochen Arts Academy senior creative writing major Phoebe Rusch becomes the 39th Presidential Scholar from Interlochen.
Ground broken on the new Herbert H. and Barbara C. Dow Center for Visual Arts.
40th anniversary of jazz at Interlochen celebrated with a weekend of special performance by students and alumni, including Peter Erskine, Chris Brubeck, Walter White, David Sporny and more.
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2006
Interlochen receives the National Medal of Arts, the nation's highest honor for artistic excellence.
New Bonisteel Library opens in renovated JVS, providing state-of-the-art services to Interlochen students and faculty.
DeRoy Center for Film Studies opens, providing unique living and learning environment for film students and new student gathering area.
Interlochen Arts Academy senior voice major Tyler Hodges becomes the 38th Presidential Scholar from Interlochen.
Creative Writing program celebrates 30 years of distinction with national symposium.
Interlochen Arts Academy named one of five “Distinguished High School in the Arts” by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
IAA Orchestra with violinist Ida Kavafian tour Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit to rave reviews.
Passing of well-known alumni: Richard Maddy, son of founder Joseph Maddy; Mary Jewell, residence hall supervisor and wife of longtime choral conductor Kenneth Jewell
Van Cliburn returns for a memorable and emotional concert celebrating the founding of the Interlochen Arts Festival.
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2005
Motion Picture Arts program is added as a new art discipline. It is the first new discipline to be added since 1975.
Interlochen College of Creative Arts inaugurates its first season of
educational programs for adults.
A $10.3 million bond undertaken for new buildings and historic preservations.
The $2 million Harvey Theater Annex is dedicated to longtime IAC theater director Jim Harvey.
The Dow Foundation gives $3 million towards a new visual art building. It is the largest single gift ever received by Interlochen.
The Arts Commons area opens between Corson-Harvey Complex and Writing House.
Interlochen Public Radio adds 88.5 WIAB-Mackinaw City as part of a multi-year expansion program to better serve Northwest Lower Michigan.
Interlochen Arts Camp switches from eight to six week format to accommodate longer school year.
Well-known alumni pass away: A. Clyde Roller, conductor at Interlochen for 50 years; Betty Parsons, former director of alumni activities.
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2004
Passing of well-known alumni: Fred Fennell, world’s most distinguished band conductor and Marge Hammes, a 54-year volunteer.
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2003
The Alumni Path of Inspiration, honoring 75 distinguished alumni and organizations with close ties to Interlochen, is unveiled during a special "Interlochen Night at the New York Philharmonic."
Two Interlochen Arts Academy students are named Presidential Scholars in the Arts, bringing the total number of such honorees to 33 -- more than any other high school in the country.
"Interlochen: Changing Lives for 75 Years," a 196-page hardcover viewbook, is published.
Jeffrey S. Kimpton is unanimously elected to be Interlochen's seventh president. He begins work on Sept. 29, and embarks on a multi-city tour to meet with alumni and friends.
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2002
A $1-million gift endows the new Valade Master Teacher Program, which is available for 24 competitively selected high school violin and cello students attending Interlochen Arts Camp.
Interlochen Arts Camp alumnus and veteran CBS newscaster Mike Wallace is named chairman of Interlochen's 75th Anniversary celebration.
"Interlochen @ 75: A Musical Tribute" compact disc is released.
The Writing House opens.
Interlochen President Edward J. Downing announces his retirement. A national search for his successor begins.
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2001
An anonymous $2 million gift provides enough funding to break ground for a new Creative Writing building, the first structure of its kind dedicated to the development of high school writers.
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2000
Interlochen Public Radio launches a second station, featuring all news, for Traverse City listeners.
The five-year Campaign for Interlochen surpasses its $45-million goal by more than 17 percent.
Funds are directed to scholarships, endowment, renovation and new construction.
Interlochen merges with The Pathfinder School, a local independent day school for pre-school through eighth-grade students.
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1999
Interlochen completes campus-wide renovations and new construction totaling $16.1 million.
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1998
Interlochen hosts the National Youth Orchestra Festival.
A distance education classroom is funded in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.
Two new buildings are opened on campus; The $2-million Harvey Theatre and the first phase of the proposed music complex, the Edward P. and Jessie Frohlich Piano/Percussion Wing.
Edward J. Downing is elected the sixth president of Interlochen.
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1997
Interlochen Arts Mentoring, "I am," is introduced in Detroit as an off-site arts experience for underserved youth of the Boys and Girls Clubs.
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1996
Interlochen Arts Camp is named a Top Ten Camp in the Country and WYSO goes to Atlanta, performing in the Cultural Olympiad.
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1995
Richard Odell becomes Interlochen's fifth president.
"The Campaign for Interlochen," a $45-million comprehensive fund-raising effort, is launched.
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1994
A major gift helps fund a new studio/ office building for Interlochen Public Radio (IPR).
The Phoenix Theatre building project is completed.
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1993
Voice of America spends a week at Interlochen Arts Camp, interviewing students and faculty. The segments air worldwide to over 150 million people.
Interlochen Public Radio celebrates its 30th anniversary, and is a leader in per capita listener support in the country.
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1992
Interlochen is invited to perform at Lincoln Center's Mozart Bicentennial Celebration - the only high school ensemble to perform.
The Camp presents its first four-day residency with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
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1990
The National Music Camp changes its name to Interlochen Arts Camp.
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1989
Dean Boal is elected the fourth president of Interlochen.
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1987
Interlochen receives the National Governor's Association Award for distinguished service to the arts.
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1977
The Center receives a $2 million challenge grant from Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation to launch a $10 million endowment campaign.
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1976
A Ford Foundation Grant makes possible the establishment of the Academy's Literary Arts Department with an emphasis on creative writing.
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1975
The Grand Traverse Performing Arts Center, featuring the 1,000-seat Corson Auditorium, is dedicated. Camp visitors include President and Mrs. Gerald Ford, Bob Hope, and "King of Swing" Benny Goodman.
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1971
Roger E. Jacobi is elected the third president of Interlochen.
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1967
The Board of Trustees elects Karl Haas as Interlochen's second president.
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1966
Dr. Joseph E. Maddy dies.
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1964
A new roof, financed by the Kresge Foundation is added to the Kresge Auditorium.
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1963
WIAA, the Interlochen FM radio station, is built.
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1962
103 musicians and 14 ballet dancers perform for President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy on the White House lawn.
Interlochen Arts Academy, the country's first independent fine arts boarding high school, opens.
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1961
Van Cliburn begins his long association with Interlochen and presents his first benefit concert for the institution.
NBC begins weekly taped programs, "The Best of Interlochen," aired overseas by Voice of America in 18 languages.
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1958
The American Federation of Musicians removes the Camp from its "Unfair List."
Gifts from the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation pay for construction of a new Interlochen Bowl Hotel, later re-named Stone Student Center.
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1952
The Joseph E. Maddy Administration Building is completed.
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1948
The Kresge Assembly Hall, made possible by a donation from the Kresge Foundation, is completed and "Dedicated to the Promotion of World Friendship Through the Universal Language of the Arts."
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1942
In support of professional musicians, James Caesar Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians, forces cancellation of all network radio broadcasts from Interlochen.
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1940
Hildegarde Lewis establishes a dance department at Interlochen.
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1939
Nine-year-old child prodigy Lorin Maazel conducts the Camp orchestra at the New York World's Fair.
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1932
The Camp becomes officially known as the National Music Camp.
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1931
John Philip Sousa makes a return visit to Interlochen and conducts 600 young musicians, drawing an audience of nearly 10,000 people to the campus. Howard Hanson conducts the first Interlochen performance of his Symphony No. 2 - "Romantic." An excerpt from this work, partly composed at Interlochen, becomes the Camp's broadcast signature.
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1930
Dr. Maddy and a selected orchestra of 182 players go on tour, giving concerts at the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia, Carnegie Hall in New York and Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
John Philip Sousa makes his first visit to Interlochen.
National broadcasts help capture the attention of the public.
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1928
The National High School Orchestra Camp opens in Interlochen, Michigan.
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1927
Following a second successful performance, Maddy organizes the National High School Orchestra Camp at Interlochen and forms a non-profit corporation.
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1926
Two hundred and thirty students from 30 states perform as the first National High School Orchestra at the Music Supervisor's National Conference - after only four days of rehearsal under Maddy's guidance.
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1923
Maddy and Giddings publish "The Universal Teacher," the first textbook for class instruction of band and orchestra in the public schools. To this day, it remains one of the most important documents in the history of music education.
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1920
Joseph E. Maddy meets Thaddeus P. Giddings and forms a partnership that shapes the future of music education. Both men believe strongly in the equality of arts education in the school curriculum.
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