CAMP HIGHLIGHTS
SUMMER 2025 ENROLLMENT
3,409 ENROLLED YOUNG ARTISTS — THE HIGHEST IN CAMP HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
CAMPERS HAILED FROM 49 U.S. STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 2 U.S. TERRITORIES, AND 49 COUNTRIES
6.8 %
41.2 %
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
DOMESTIC DIVERSITY
35.4 % OF CAMPERS (1,208) WERE RETURNING STUDENTS
CAMPERS BY DIVISION 529 JUNIORS (15.5%)
1,042 INTERMEDIATES (30.6%)
1,838 HIGH SCHOOLERS (53.9%)
2025 also saw the first year of a residency by the Lang Lang Young Scholars, a cohort of exceptionally talented young pianists from around the world who spent a week at our Intensives program, through full scholarships also funded by the US-China Cultural Foundation. In addition to master classes on campus, the scholars also performed, both at Interlochen Public Radio and at an outdoor “block party” in nearby Traverse City. Our summer stages resounded with theatrical artistry, too, including the Tony Award-nominated “jukebox” musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical , and Shakespeare in Love , both performed by high school theatre students.
Interlochen’s 98th Arts Camp saw the launch of the Shirley Young Distinguished Artist Series. Generous funding from the US-China Cultural Foundation will bring to Interlochen each summer an established or rising classical music star to perform and inspire students through master classes and individual lessons. Our inaugural guest artist was internationally acclaimed piano virtuoso Lang Lang, who joined the World Youth Symphony Orchestra (WYSO) in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue . Coming next summer and 2027, respectively, are soprano Renée Fleming and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. Series ticket sales will fund an endowment to make this visiting artist and performer series permanent.
CAMPERS BY ARTS AREA
MUSICCSSICAL THEATREARTS VISUALARTS MUSICCONTEMPORARY DANCE FILM & NEWMEDIA CREATIVEWRITING INTERDISCIPLINARYARTS
MUSICCSSICAL THEATREARTS VISUALARTS MUSICCONTEMPORARY DANCE FILM & NEWMEDIA CREATIVEWRITING INTERDISCIPLINARYARTS
MUSICCSSICAL THEATREARTS VISUALARTS MUSICCONTEMPORARY DANCE FILM & NEWMEDIA CREATIVEWRITING INTERDISCIPLINARYARTS FINANCIAL AID
Opportunity Scholarships Expand Access Across the U.S., philanthropic leadership and strategic partnerships with peer arts-education organizations have yielded Opportunity Scholarships that offer pathways to Camp for young artists of talent and potential from these areas:
53 %
OF STUDENTS RECEIVED FINANCIAL AID
$ 5.1 MILLION AWARDED
• New York • Los Angeles (see article, page 19) • San Francisco
LIFE AT CAMP
• Miami (see article, page 12) • Detroit (see article, page 19) • Northern Michigan (see article, page 19) • Cincinnati • Madison
2.96 AVERAGE NUMBER OF WEEKS AT CAMP: WEEKS MELODY FREEZE ICE CREAM CONES SERVED: ABOUT 120 36,000 CABINS USED:
“The US-China Cultural Foundation is thrilled to support the Shirley Young Distinguished Artist Series and the Lang Lang Young Scholars Program. These important initiatives deepen our connection to an institution that was close to the heart of our founder and my mother, Interlochen Trustee Emerita Shirley Young. The series and the program foster remarkable opportunities for students and audiences, build upon Interlochen’s global reach, and exemplify Interlochen’s role as a leader in creative youth development.” — Doug Hsieh, Interlochen Trustee and US-China Cultural Foundation Trustee
The Opportunity Scholarships, when combined with other scholarships, brought 332 students from these geographic areas to Camp in 2025.
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2025 ANNUAL REPORT OF GIFTS
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