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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  Interlochen Arts Academy - Director of Theatre, David Montee
Interlochen was founded in 1928 as the National High School Orchestra Camp, focusing entirely on young musicians; but the camp grew rapidly in scope, adding drama to its curricular studies in 1939.
The Interlochen Arts Academy was chartered in 1960, and opened in 1962, to provide year-round, secondary school level pre-professional training in a variety of creative arts areas.
At the same time, we have the responsibility of reminding the student that creating fine art often comes at an emotional cost…that they must often confront aspects of themselves, their feelings and memories in their work that are not 100% “fun” 100% of the time.
www.actorslife.com /Interlochen.html   (2016 words)

  
 Arts & Academics: Married at Interlochen Arts Academy
Arts and Academics: Married at Interlochen Arts Academy
That the arts and academics are effectively wedded in the educational experience at Interlochen is a function of several factors.
Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, MI is America's first and, arguably, foremost boarding fine arts high school.
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 PR Leap: Top program for high school organists to be showcased in New York City recital - Interlochen Center for the ...
Interlochen students performing at the March 5 recital are the only high-school organists invited to perform on the Organ Recital Series at Saint Thomas Church.
Interlochen Arts Academy, a fine arts boarding high school (http://www.interlochen.org/academy/) founded in 1962, is widely recognized as the premier place for high school organ study, and is a leader in responding to the serious organist shortfall felt in colleges and churches throughout the country.
Arts lovers, lifelong learners and the world’s most talented and motivated young people are drawn to Interlochen from all over the country and all over the world to celebrate and create excellence in creative writing, dance, motion picture arts, music, theatre, visual arts and academics, presentations and public broadcasting.
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 Interlochen Arts Academy
Ninety-five percent of Academy graduates go on to pursue higher education; an average seventy-three percent of the students are accepted at the college of their first choice.
Interlochen is a place among fresh air, cool lakes and whispering pines where young artists and scholars from around the world come to explore their potential and to excel within a community of experience and understanding.
Interlochen Arts Academy is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Schools of Music.
www.boardingschoolsusa.com /factshts/interlochen.asp   (766 words)

  
 Interlochen Arts Academy and FreeHand Systems Announce Pilot Program to Test the World's First Sheet Music Computer ...
Interlochen Arts Academy, which each year enrolls 450 students from the United States and 20 other countries, will become the first school to test the MusicPad Pro, as part of Interlochen's music, theory and composition programs.
"The Interlochen Arts Academy is widely-recognized as the nation's foremost music school for high school students, with an outstanding curriculum and a stellar faculty," said Kim Lorz, chief executive officer of FreeHand Systems.
The Academy is part of Interlochen Center for the Arts, whose 1,200-acre campus in northwest lower Michigan also is home to Interlochen Arts Camp, the nation's oldest and largest summer arts camp.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_April_19/ai_115507447   (782 words)

  
 Interlochen Center for the Arts :: Home Page
Interlochen Center for the Arts engages and inspires people worldwide through excellence in educational, artistic and cultural programs, enhancing the quality of life through the universal language of the arts.
Arts lovers, lifelong learners and the world's most talented and motivated young people are drawn to Interlochen from all over the country and all over the world to celebrate and create excellence in creative writing, dance, motion picture arts, music, theatre, visual arts and academics.
Interlochen voice faculty member Jeffrey Norris has been named one of two Distinguished Teachers in the Arts for 2007.
www.interlochen.org   (287 words)

  
 Interlochen Arts Academy students take cue from NPR's Frank Stasio
INTERLOCHEN - Frank Stasio, in the soft, deep voice, familiar to listeners of National Public Radio, hashed out the fate of two characters in a radio drama he was writing with students at Interlochen Arts Academy.
While the voice of longtime NPR newscaster Stasio won't be heard on this production, he's been instructing 14 Interlochen Arts Academy students on how to produce their own radio show.
She said the project is also great for students of the arts, because it involves drama, music and recording/broadcasting techniques.
www.record-eagle.com /2005/apr/26stasio.htm   (708 words)

  
 Interlochen Center for the Arts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interlochen Arts Academy was chartered in 1960 to provide year-round training in the creative arts.
ARTS is a progam of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.
Academy graduates have recently received honors from the Percussive Arts Society, Fischoff, Downbeat, the Falcone Festival, and ASCAP.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Interlochen_Arts_Academy   (1356 words)

  
 Interlochen Arts Academy - Student Review #2
Interlochen is not only its music but a wonderful experiance with the people around you, giving you memories that will last a life-time.
I suggest going to Interlochen all four years, because for me the more of Interlochen, the better, but other students are not prepared to live without a parents guide at 14 so choose the years that you attend carefully so that you can get the most out of Interlochen possible.
The school is an Arts Academy and offers one of the best arts programs in the country, which prepares students for the best conservatories in and out of the country.
www.boardingschoolreview.com /student_rev/stid/248   (1860 words)

  
 8th Grader Earns Scholarship
Interlochen Arts Academy is an independent coeducational college preparatory boarding school and premier arts academy.
Interlochen’s 1,200 acre campus hosts students from 47 states and 22 countries.
Jessica was selected for the 9th grade 2004-05 class with a major in Theater Arts.
www.dreamsalivemagazine.com /summer2004/jessica/index.html   (420 words)

  
 Schools
Interlochen Arts Academy (September - June, grades 9 - post-grad) The Interlochen Arts Academy is an independent, co-educational boarding school for students in grades 9-12, with a post-graduate year available.
Committed to both the arts and academics, the Academy provides students with pre-professional training in the arts along with a rigorous college-preparatory education.
Jeremy Dalnes is a graduate of the New World School of the Arts, and has written a description of the facilities and courses provided.
eamusic.dartmouth.edu /~wowem/schools/highschools.html   (761 words)

  
 Danny Holt - Pianist, Composer, Percussionist, Scholar
Formed in 1998 at Interlochen Arts Academy, The Really Hard Rhythm Society is a contemporary chamber ensemble that seeks to challenge preconceptions about classical music through vibrant and exciting theatrical-musical performances of music from diverse sources.
She graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in 2000 and is currently a percussion performance major at Lawrence University.
After graduating from Interlochen in 2001, Drew attended New England Conservatory, and is currently studying percussion at California Institute of the Arts.
www.dannyholt.net /really.html   (850 words)

  
 Broadening the Horizon: A Cultural Rejuvenation of the Performing Arts by David M. Huff
He attended the Interlochen Arts Festival and Interlochen Arts Academy from 1984-1986 and also participated in the Boston University Tanglewood Institute's Youth Program during the summer of 1986.
As a musician, I concur with Kaiser that enlightened leadership and action, the development and implementation of bold and large-scale projects, and the recruitment and training of highly effective arts managers are critical measures that must be taken to ensure the growth, development and survival of the performing arts.
Art alone endures.'' An eclectic, innovative, and urbane first lady, she advocated that we should pursue the noble quest of protecting and enhancing one of the truly unique forms of human expression -- the arts.
www.adirondackreview.homestead.com /huff.html   (907 words)

  
 Interlochen Arts Academy
These factors are coupled with the school's offering of strong music theory (IAA grads regularly skip 1,2, and sometimes 3 years of college level theory), consistent performance opportunities and a strong, experienced, and diverse faculty.
One of the unbelievable advantages of this arts school is the high level of academic courses, which help these young artists gain acceptance and scholarship support at fine conservatories, as art majors, or for academic pursuit.
In addition to their success entering the top schools to further their studies, IAA guitarists are making their mark during the summer festival season.
www.allguitar.com /jwiaa.html   (1146 words)

  
 Interlochen Arts Academy - Director of Theatre, David Montee
There are fewer and fewer funded opportunities to take quality arts programs to more isolated communities; when I was working as an actor in the 1970’s and early 1980’s it seemed that there were many more “outreach” arts programs and organizations than I see around today.
Presented in a careful, thoughtful curriculum, in a collaborative manner between arts and academics instructors, an arts-based education can be a dynamic tool for presenting knowledge while at the same time enhancing the student’s ability to think divergently and creatively.
At Interlochen, for example, students balance their arts work 50/50 with their academic work, and each feeds the other in rich and surprising ways.
www.actorslife.com /Interlochen2.html   (1609 words)

  
 FREE Student Writing Contests!
Interlochen Arts Academy is recognized around the world as a premier boarding fine arts high school where young writers, visual artists, musicians, dancers and actors can focus on their art.
In fall 2002, Interlochen opened The Writing House, the first structure in the nation designed exclusively for the development of high school writers.
Students currently enrolled in Interlochen Arts Academy are ineligible for this contest.
home.earthlink.net /~poetrypeople/id8.html   (917 words)

  
 News of Interest to Michigan Grantmakers
Interlochen Center for the Arts today announced the first major addition to its curriculum in 30 years — a new program in Motion Picture Arts.
Motion Picture Arts majors at Interlochen Arts Academy will graduate with experience in each area of the cinema, and will have had the opportunity to write, produce and direct their own projects, which will be screened in a yearly film festival.
Interlochen Arts Academy, the nation’s first and foremost boarding fine arts high school, unites students with others who value their highest aspirations, creating a close-knit artists’ community.
www.cmif.org /News_Detailed.asp?ID=805   (957 words)

  
 Music For Youth
She attended Interlochen Arts Camp the summer after sixth grade where she studied with Dr. Robert Krause and Daniel Stolper, which she would do for the next five summers.
Her senior year, Lillian was principal oboe of the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, was a member of a woodwind quintet, and continued her studies with Daniel Stolper.
She was a finalist and a level one awardee in the A.R.T.S. program of NFAA and was a semifinalist in the 2001 Presidential Scholar in the Arts program.
www.musicforyouth.org /features-copeland.html   (512 words)

  
 PR Leap: Interlochen Arts Academy Senior named Presidential Scholar in the Arts - Interlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen Arts Academy is considered by many to be the premier fine arts boarding high school in the United States.
The Academy attracts exceptionally talented and motivated students from nearly every state and more than 20 other countries who study music, dance, visual arts, creative writing, theatre, motion picture arts and rigorous college-preparatory academics.
In January, Interlochen Arts Academy was one of only five schools in the nation honored by the NFAA as a Distinguished Schools in the Arts.
www.prleap.com /pr/34921   (667 words)

  
 Interlochen Arts Academy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This is the dorm Adam is living in at Interlochen Arts Academy.
At Interlochen they bring in the composer to help!
IAA sax quartet having a master class with the composer of their piece.
www.svsu.edu /~rongo/interlochenartsacademy.html   (74 words)

  
 NFAA ARTS Finalists - Writing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Anna is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, where she studied cello and developed a passion for writing.
Victoria is from Phoenix, New York and is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan.
Kelly (Kea) is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and a resident of Kirtland and Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
www.artsawards.org /alumni/awardee06/Writing/index.cfm   (3362 words)

  
 Academy provides school shopping
Interlochen's annual fall College Fair grew this year to include the summer date to better serve students hoping to train at the college level.
This year, Interlochen counselors decided to expand the concept to reach summer camp students, who hail from all 50 states as well as 40 countries.
Alice Frenz of the Columbus College of Art and Design was working her first college fair in about 15 years.
www.gtherald.com /herald/2006/jul/26jobfair.htm   (678 words)

  
 Summer Schedule: Variety taking stage at Interlochen Arts Academy
INTERLOCHEN - An almost idol, a longtime queen and a gem with local ties will take the stage at Interlochen this summer.
American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken, "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin and former Interlochen Arts Academy student Jewel are three of the 33 headliners this summer for the Interlochen Arts Festival, to be announced today.
She attended Interlochen Arts Academy in the early 1990s.
www.record-eagle.com /2005/apr/14iia.htm   (281 words)

  
 Boston Arts Academy: Documents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Nathan served on the National Academy of Science’s commission for the science of learning and she was honored by Channel 5’s Chronicle program as the 1990 Teacher of the Year.
Prior to teaching at Boston Arts Academy, she taught in the Boston, Somerville, and Georgetown school districts; Massachusetts College of Art and Wheelock College; and in specialized programs, such as Arts in Progress and the Museum of Fine Arts.
Simring is thrilled to have been working at Boston Arts Academy since the fall of 2000, where she is able to apply experience from both her careers in a creative, nurturing, academic community environment.
www.boston-arts-academy.org /staffbios/staff.html   (8237 words)

  
 Symphonia Tuba-Eumphonium at Interlochen
The 2003 event will be held June 21-23 at the famed Interlochen Center for the Arts in the beautiful woods of northern Michigan.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, centered between two lakes in the woods of northwest lower Michigan, has been training young artists from around the world since 1928.
Interlochen Arts Camp High School Division will receive free admittance to the workshop (after May 31, a $50 late fee will apply).
www.dwerden.com /symphonia/interlochen2003.htm   (592 words)

  
 Perfect moments at Interlochen by Jay Nordlinger
The “lochen” that Interlochen is “inter” are Green Lake and Duck Lake, or Lakes Wahbekaness and Wahbekanetta, to use Indian language (not that anyone at Interlochen these days would say “Indian,” without penalty).
In 1962, the Interlochen Arts Academy was established on campus, the first “independent fine-arts boarding school”; in the country.
The main concert venues are the Interlochen Bowl, an outdoor facility, as the name suggests; Kresge Auditorium, a massive structure, covered with a roof, but open at the sides; and Corson Auditorium, a proper, winter-friendly concert hall.
www.newcriterion.com /archive/20/summer02/Interlochen.htm   (1547 words)

  
 Ben Franklin Academy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Ben Franklin Academy is a non-profit, nonsectarian, independent senior high school for students sixteen and older who seek an alternative to conventional secondary schools.
In 1992, Ben Franklin Academy became a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools, a national network of schools dedicated to improving American secondary education.
Ben Franklin Academy is a work-study school and requires students to work between ten and twenty hours weekly at a volunteer or paying job.
www.newsweekshowcase.com /private-schools/benjamin-franklin-academy.php   (369 words)

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