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touring & special initiatives
Partnerships with other youth arts educational organizations across the country enhance the excellence of the Interlochen experience. They broaden and diversify the roster of outstanding instructors to which our students are exposed and open the door for more peer-to-peer collaborations and performance opportunities for our students. For decades, Interlochen has been fostering these relationships with partner organizations in greater New York City, among many other metropolitan areas. Given their impact, we are planning to do significantly more touring in the years ahead. New York City Partners Interlochen launched a concerted effort to strengthen its ties to youth arts organizations in New York City. Faculty have traveled from Michigan to New York to conduct master classes with partner organizations and their students. In the springs of 2022-2025, cohorts of Academy students traveled to New York, culminating in combined rehearsals and performances. In 2023, on the stage of David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, Interlochen debuted the original, multidisciplinary work MUKTI, and our students performed alongside members of the New York Philharmonic. At Merkin Hall, our students have performed in concert with partner organizations each year. TOURING OPPORTUNITIES AND SPECIAL INITIATIVES provide exceptional educational experiences in the arts through timely, focused, and high-impact curricula and mentoring in all Interlochen programs
In return, dozens of NYC-area young artists, many from historically under-resourced communities, were granted newly created New York Opportunity Scholarships to attend Interlochen Arts Camp each summer, thanks to generous gifts from many supporters, particularly the Pinkerton Foundation. Amid the serene but electrifying atmosphere of the northern Michigan woods, New York young artists — some of them now repeat attendees to Camp — have forged new friendships and unlocked new dimensions to their artistic potential amid the world-class faculty, facilities, and educational opportunities found only at Interlochen. All are made better — students, faculty, and staff alike — through these ongoing exchanges of ideas and artistry, and we’re just getting started. Through philanthropic support and the vision of our New York-area partners, these collaborations are poised to continue through our centennial year and well beyond.
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