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The Interlochen College of Creative Arts 2015 Adult Choir Camp has come to a close, with lovers of song, community and choir coming together under the leadership of choral director (and Grammy winner) Jerry Blackstone to make beautiful music.

2015 senior performer Matthew Figel plays "Adagio" from Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty" at the 2015 Interlochen Arts Academy graduation commencement.

2015 senior speaker Montserrat Picado Campos presents her speech to the senior class at the 2015 Interlochen Arts Academy commencement ceremony.

Interlochen President Jeffrey S. Kimpton speaks to the 2015 graduating class at this year's commencement exercise. His remarks were titled, "Are we prepared for the transformational future you will lead?"

“Spectrum” is an original work of choreography by Christian Denice that explores autism. Interlochen Arts Academy dancers collaborated on the project, learning valuable new skills in movement and expression and about autism.

Students at Interlochen Arts Camp spend much of their time focused on learning, creating and performing. But between classes and rehearsals they still find time for summer adventure and fun in the northwoods of Michigan.

In June 2013, nearly 2,000 students and their families arrived on the Interlochen campus. This short video captures the transformation that happens each summer as the wooded campus is suddenly filled with young artists and creativity.

Michael Mittelstaedt, director of the Motion Picture Arts program at Interlochen Arts Camp explains and shares some advice about the application process.

The World Youth Symphony Orchestra is Interlochen Arts Camp's top orchestra. WYSO tackles exciting and challenging repertoire every summer.

In August 2014, twenty students from the Interlochen Arts Academy Theatre Department traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland to participate in an opportunity of a lifetime: performing at the Fringe Festival - the largest arts festival in the world.

Each summer, musicians from around the world come to Interlochen for a week-long musical retreat at the Chamber Music Camp for adults.

You might think that actors at Interlochen spend all their time in performance or rehearsal, but they also spend hours each day in the classroom where they learn skills and techniques from seasoned professionals.

If you are a serious classical solo singer, the Interlochen vocal artist summer program for high school students is excellent preparation for training at the college, university, or conservatory level.

We're pleased to announce that our "Moments" video won Best in Show for Web Video,  Non-Profit at this year's W3 Awards! The W3 Awards honor creative excellence on the web, and is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts.

Follow Harry, as he tackles one of Shakespeare's most challenging roles in the Interlochen Arts Camp production of Henry V. 

The junior visual arts program is a great opportunity for younger artists in grades 3-6 to develop creativity and fundamental art skills. 

Students in the Intermediate Filmmaking summer program learn how to bring their ideas to life on the big screen.

Five for Fighting performed at Interlochen Center for the Arts, and we thought it would be a great time to showcase some students from Interlochen's singer-songwriter program as an opening act.

In the November edition of Radio Collage, you'll hear an incredible variety of works performed by Academy students. From Pat Metheny to Brahms, Rachmaninoff to Copland, and much more, we invite you to enjoy nearly an hour of the latest from Interlochen Arts Academy. Listen online

Take a behind the scenes look as the musicians in the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra prepare to perform the Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar.

Learn how to assemble a portfolio for the Visual Arts major at Interlochen Arts Academy.

At Interlochen, you can spend three or six weeks immersed in the world of jazz. Our faculty of accomplished performers and educators will help you broaden your understanding of jazz and develop your improvisational and performance skills.

The theatre arts major at Interlochen Arts Academy is designed for young artists who are serious about their craft. Through Stanislavsky-based performance training, students explore the full potential of their own unique resources.

In the fall of 2012, theatre students at Interlochen Arts Academy collaborated with [title of show] creators Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen to adapt their show for a larger cast.

Spring 2012, in collaboration with the Music and Dance divisions, the Interlochen Arts Academy Theatre Arts department staged a production of "West Side Story" providing an opportunity for students to explore a landmark work from the canon of American musical theatre.

The music program at Interlochen Arts Academy combines pre-professional training and college-preparatory academics. We offer instrumental music, vocal music, music composition, and singer-songwriter programs for grades 9-12, as well as a post-graduate year.

At Interlochen Arts Academy, motion picture arts students receive in-depth instruction in all aspects of film production, with artistic and technical resources unparalleled at the secondary school level.

An overview of the dance program at Interlochen Arts Academy boarding high school.

A behind-the-scenes look at the culmination of the 2009 Intermediate Musical Theatre Production, Little Shop of Horrors.

Ken Ludwig, two-time Olivier Award-winning playwright, spent two weeks with students from the High School Repertory Theatre Production summer program as they worked on a production of his play Midsummer/Jersey.

Highlights from the 2010 summer trumpet institute.

Students in the Musical Theatre Audition Intensive Program work with a team of experienced professionals and university instructors to gain experience in all areas of audition preparation for college and professional theatre training programs.

Franz Liszt's Les Préludes, conducted by Jeffrey S. Kimpton. The final performance of Interlochen Arts Camp 2014, yet just the beginning of a journey for so many of these young artists.

A look back at the first 50 years of the Interlochen Arts Festival, and some of the diverse names who have graced our stages.

After a lifetime surrounded by the music of Nashville, an aspiring musician makes the journey to Interlochen to learn, create, perform and network with his musical peers as part of the singer-songwriter program at Interlochen.

It takes a desire and creativity to become a dancer. Meet some of the dancers attending Camp this year. 

An excerpt from the March 2014 winter dance concert, and just one example of the cross-discipline collaboration that students at the Academy engage in. The performance included music, dance and set design from visual arts.

The Academy Orchestra, under the leadership of Carolyn Watson, Conductor, perform Divertimento for Orchestra by Bernstein. November, 2013.