Eve Beglarian (IAC 70-71) will spend a year traveling the whole length of the Mississippi River, meeting and interviewing people, recording the sounds of the river, writing music as she travels, and performing with and for members of the communities she visits.
Prof. Yuriko Wellington (IAC 72, IAA 72-73) traveled to Siem Reap, Cambodia, in March 2008, to volunteer as an educator for Globalteer, a United Kingdom-based non-governmental organization that supports day schools and orphanages in the villages of Siem Reap province. Based on this experience, Yuriko is now the executive director of Teach Cambodia, Inc. based in San Francisco, Calif.
(Gerald) Jerry DuFresne (IAC St 73-74, IAA St 73-74) served in Vietnam with the Army - 101st Airborne and 5th Special Forces Group from 1968-1970. Following his position at Interlochen Center for the Arts Jerry entered the Navy and served from 1976-85. He went on to serve as a police officer in Detroit, Mich., Candor N.C., Rathdrum, Idaho and Spirit Lake, Idaho. He is retired now and lives in Idaho.
Fredrik Hiebert (IAA 74-75, 77-78) is an archaeology fellow at the National Geographic Society and a specialist in ancient trade in Central Asia. In August of 2003, the government of Afghanistan invited Dr. Hiebert to inventory the re-discovered gold hoard from the ancient kingdom of Bactria. Fred returned to the Interlochen Center for the Arts in October 2009 and presented and audio and visual presentation of his findings for Interlochen Arts Academy students, faculty and staff in Corson Auditorium.
Karen (Herman) Martin (IAA 74-76) taught English as a Foreign Language and elementary music in Morocco where she met her husband Dan and lived for 18 years. She returned to Anaheim, Calif. five years ago and teaches English as a Second Language and older adult music through her local community colleges. She also instructs classes on how to organize and preserve photos in photo-safe traditional and digital albums as a creative memories consultant. She and Dan have two daughters. Joanna studies music and theatre at Orange County High School of the Arts in Santa Ana, Calif. and Rhianna, is a senior at Loara High School.
Marya Kaska Darabont (IAC 75, 77-78) has started her own performance management consulting company CustomerImpact. She lives in Budapest, Hungary with her husband Tibor and daughters Julia and Zsanett (IAC 08.)
Jeffery D. Smith (IAC AS 75-77) is a visiting professor at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and the interim organist and choirmaster of the Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis, Ind.
Jeanne (Heller) Bourget (IAC 76-77) is in charge of licensing and labels for Wines of Distinction, J&J Importers, based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Her daughter Madeline was a junior and intermediate camper during the summers of 2008-09.
Annie Fullard (IAC 76) and Mari Sato (IAA 89-90) are members of the Cavani String Quartet. The Cavani String Quartet, winner of the Naumburg Chamber Music Award, has been recognized nationally for their performances as well as their involvement as active proponents of new music, mentorship to young quartets and their role as pioneers in arts-in-education. The Cavani Quartet makes its home in Cleveland, Ohio, where they have been Quartet-in-Residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music since 1988.
Jeff Dalton (IAA 76-79) lives with his family of Interlochen alumni, Dakota (IAC 05-07, IAA 08-present,) Jacob (IAC 08,) and Patty (ICCA 09,) in Southeastern, Mich. where he owns a management consulting firm, builds airplanes, conducts musicals and pretends he's still 17.
Kenneth L. Field (IAA 77-79) had his composition “fifty seven one” for 16 voices recorded by the Kyiv Chamber Choir. The recording has been released on
ERM Media's “Masterworks of the New Era, Vol. 12.”
Julie Stuberg (IAC 78, IAA 77-79) is the student concert coordinator and the first vice president for membership for the Muskegon Community Concert Association in Muskegon, Mich.
Kristina Ament (IAA 77-80) is the assistant United States attorney in the District of Columbia.
Dale Thomas (IAC 79) has self-published a book entitled “A Band in Every School: Portraits of Historically Black School Bands in Florida,” which contains a brief history and over ninety archival photographs of historically black school bands organized in Florida during segregation. He received help from of the Florida Association of Band Directors. The organization supported the development of instrumental music and band programs in the historically black schools of Florida.
