Feature Stories
Arts Advocacy in Difficult Times
Around the country, arts and cultural institutions are confronting unprecedented challenges and arts education programs are struggling to keep a foothold in public schools.
A Message from the President
Interlochen President Jeffrey S. Kimpton on how Interlochen is weathering the current economic climate.
Crescendo Moves Online
Director of Marketing and Communications Steve Hoffman welcomes you to the new Crescendo.
Campus News
Interlochen Website Redesign Improves Functionality
In May 2009, Interlochen launched a new website. The result of more than sixteen months of planning, the site offers a new look along with improved navigation and expanded functionality.
NFAA youngARTS Finalists
This year, seventeen Academy students were named finalists in the NFAA youngARTS competition.
Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award Recipients
Each year, the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artists Award program and From the Top, a popular public radio program, award scholarships to 25 young musicians.
Recent Academy Graduate Earns First Place at International Film Festival
Tyler Trykowski received first place for his short film, Two Wolves, at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, narrative, high school category.
2009 Academy Graduate Wins National Self-Portrait Contest
Academy visual arts major Jordan Else Pemberton of Michigan won first place honors for the 2009 Utrecht Art Supplies fifth Annual Self-Portrait Contest, co-sponsored by the Savannah College of Art & Design.
Byron Hanson Conducts Final Performance as Band Director
On May 7, 2009, Byron Hanson capped a remarkable musical career with his final concert as the director of the Academy band.
Sending Scott Dean Off with a Bang
For more than four decades, Scott Dean helped students understand history and political science.
Slatkin Conducts at Interlochen
Leonard Slatkin visited campus during the Academy’s second semester to conduct the Interlochen Arts Academy orchestra and work with students.
Peter Erskine Returns to Campus to Teach and Perform
Erskine worked with Academy percussion students and the jazz band and later performed in Corson Auditorium with Alan Pasqua and Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz.
Future of Cinema International Film Festival
This May, the motion picture arts program hosted the second annual Future of Cinema International Film Festival at the DeRoy Center for Film Studies.
Interlochen Welcomes New Director of Music
Kedrik Merwin has been selected to serve as director of music at Interlochen Center for the Arts. He brings considerable experience as a teacher and administrator.
Interlochen Welcomes New Director of Dance
Bringing more than thirty years of dance experience, Cameron Basden has been named Director of Dance.
Alumni News
Interlochen Alumni Join Musical Experiment
In April 2009, nearly one hundred classical musicians participated in the YouTube Symphony, a musical experiment facilitated by YouTube, the popular video-sharing website.
2009 Interlochen Visual Arts Alumni Exhibition
In April 2009, the Interlochen community welcomed visual arts alumni back to campus for a special reunion.
Archipelago Project
Two musicians, who met and played together for the first time in seventh-grade at Interlochen Arts Camp, are still playing together.
2009 Grammys
Interlochen alumni were once again well represented at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, held in February at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Alumni Motifs
In Memoriam
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