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As the 2012-13 Academy year draws to a conclusion, students, faculty and staff are gearing up for the year's finale: Festival Week.

Byron Hanson highlights important events from Interlochen's past.

In the summer of 2013, filmmaker David Marek will join the Motion Picture Arts faculty to lead the digital filmmaking program.

For Marlis Mann, great music has been a constant companion throughout her life. She became an IPR supporter because it provides the classical music soundtrack that fills her home every day. 

In April 2013, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra visited the Interlochen campus to conclude a months-long partnership with students in several arts disciplines at Interlochen Arts Academy.

Ten Academy students earned national recognition through the 2013 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

Jim Bob Stephenson, a longtime member of the Camp faculty and staff, passed away in March 2013.

Interlochen Arts Academy will present "Miss Saigon" for the 2013 spring musical, featuring Marina Kondo in the role of Kim. 

In the summer of 2013, Interlochen Arts Camp will launch a new six-week musical theatre program for junior performers. 

The Writers Retreat at Interlochen College of Creative Arts has quickly become a favorite destination for writers throughout the Midwest. This year the program will add new faculty including a renowned children's author and poet. 

Just seven years after walking across the Kresge stage during the Academy's 2006 commencement ceremony, Caleb Hudson is walking into one of the most coveted positions in the world for a trumpet player – a permanent position with the Canadian Brass.

Dr. Jerry Blackstone, director of choirs and chair of the conducting department at the University of Michigan School of Music, will lead Adult Choral Camp again this year.

When Gaye Gronlund and Bruce Corner sent their son to Interlochen Arts Camp in 1997, they thought it would be a nice summer experience to supplement the instruction he was receiving at home. But it became much more than they expected.

Jerry believed there were two kinds of people in the world, the ones that loved math and the ones that were going to learn to love math.

Lesley Tye (IAA 90-93), instructor of Creative Writing and Motion Picture Arts for the Academy and instructor of Screenwriting at Interlochen Arts Camp, presents her screenplay panel at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Boston.

On Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Corson Auditorium, Interlochen Arts Academy and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will come together to present a remarkable concert – one that’s been 18 months in the making.

Robert Alexander will travel to Interlochen for the world premiere of his winning musical composition, “Sparks,” performed by members of the World Youth Wind Symphony at their first performance of the summer on June 29, 2013.

Three Interlochen Arts Academy students have all been accepted into the renowned dance program at The Juilliard School.

Molly McDaniel, a high school junior from Alta, Iowa, has been selected as the winner of the 2012-2013 Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competition.