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Camp alumna and Interlochen supporter Becky Vitas Schamis (IAC 84-87) shares how her Interlochen experience shaped her life.

Byron Hanson highlights important events from Interlochen's past.

If you were not able to attend the Fall 2012 Symposium on the future of the arts, you can now view several of the presentations in their entirety. 

This February, junior Henry Solomon will take a little time off from the Academy to perform with some of the country’s finest jazz musicians at the 2013 Grammy Camp — Jazz Session in Los Angeles.

Three music faculty members traveled to Shanghai to perform and give master classes at the Third Annual Baroque Chamber Music Festival, which is hosted by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. The trip was just the latest effort in an ongoing relationship with the Chinese cultural institution.  

Veteran journalist and self-described talk radio junkie Rick Smith is a fan and a committed IPR supporter.

This fall, the theatre department marked the 50th anniversary of the Arts Academy with an ambitious collaboration with Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen, the creators of "[title of show]," one of the most popular musicals of the last decade. In November of 2012, Interlochen actors concluded this creative partnership with four performances in New York City. 

In this continuing series of articles about the future of Interlochen programs, we hear from singer-songwriter instructor and Interlochen alumna, Courtney Kaiser-Sandler, who is the leading the Academy's newest major.   

The Fifth Future of Cinema Film Festival was held on the Interlochen campus November 1-3 and attracted student film submissions from as far away as New Zealand, Turkey, Romania and Beijing. The festival gives young filmmakers a rare chance to screen the creative efforts of their peers and interact with and learn from leading filmmakers.

Dr. Michael Bresler (IAC 56-58, 60-61, 64; UM 65; IAC Staff 72, 77-79, 87-91, 02-04) recently established a planned gift that ensures future generations of young artists will enjoy the same opportunities he had.

After a year of tours, reunions, and a national symposium on the future of the arts, Interlochen visual artists capped off the Academy's 50th anniversary festivities with an eventful trip to New York City. Visual arts students have made previous trips to New York City but this trip gave the group a rare chance to show their work to new audiences. 

Interlochen President, Jeffrey Kimpton looks back on the events of the Academy's 50th anniversary and ahead to a bright future for the nation's first fine arts boarding high school.  

Remembering Interlochen's third president (1971-1989) and longtime friend, Roger Jacobi.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Future of Cinema Film Festival, which attracted film and screenplay submissions around the world.

Creative Writing alumna Brittany Newell wins the Norman Mailer Award for Fiction for her story "Bad Kids."

In October 2012, a diverse group of speakers and participants gathered to ask some hard questions and discuss the future of the arts.

Filmmaker Chad Engel was among the first graduates from the motion picture arts program. Just three years after graduating from the Arts Academy, he has written and directed an ambitious short film and has his eyes set on a full-length feature. 

After a year of tours, reunions and a national symposium on the future of the arts, the Academy’s 50th Anniversary celebrations are nearing their conclusion – but not before one last tour, featuring theatre and visual arts students.

What began as a short-term teaching job for Larry Thomas (IAA Fac 69-72, NMC St 70-73) has grown into a lifelong connection that’s now helping a new generation of Interlochen students.

In October 2012, a diverse group of speakers and participants gathered to ask some hard questions and discuss the future of the arts.

In this continuing series of articles about the future of Interlochen programs, we hear from motion picture arts director, Michael Mittelstaedt.

To make the Interlochen Arts Academy experience possible for even more students, this year Sarah Titus (IAA 80-82, IAC St 81-82) established the Sarah L. Titus and Tilda Morris Endowed Academy Scholarship.

Interlochen President Jeffrey Kimpton welcomes the students of Interlochen Arts Academy's 51st year.