INTERLOCHEN STRONG: Discipline and Creativity
Dear Interlochen Family and Friends,
I extend my deepest gratitude for your support of Interlochen during a year of extraordinary challenges.
This year required us to find strength, resilience, and ingenuity. I especially want to thank our campus community for their unwavering commitment to our students. Every day, they pushed beyond expectations. The remarkable achievement of maintaining in-person instruction was due to them—and you. Your support enabled us to open the Academy at full enrollment both this year and last year. The Emergency Relief Fund provided us with critical funding to rapidly test students as they arrived on campus, and maintain the health and safety protocols that helped keep everyone safe throughout the year. Meanwhile, we launched Interlochen Online AND welcomed the return of Camp this summer. Because of you, dancers walked into the new and expanded Dance Center in February and Academy students moved into the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow House this fall, stunning reminders of what we can accomplish together. These two magnificent facilities mark the completion of the 1990 Sasaki campus master plan that has guided 17 major campus improvement projects—an almost $90 million investment over the past 30 years.
The plan reflects what Interlochen has always been—bold, audacious, pioneering.
Now, we are ready for the next challenge. This year, many of you joined us for a series of virtual events in which we laid out our bold plans for Interlochen as we near our centennial. Together, we will build on Interlochen's 94 years of arts education leadership. Lastly, I’d like to extend a special thanks to outgoing Interlochen Trustee Glynn Williams. With four years as board chair and nine years overall, his dedicated, high-impact leadership represents the best of Interlochen. Glynn’s tireless energy and boundless enthusiasm saw us through the completion of CREATE AMAZING, transformational touring opportunities in New York and Miami, and the pandemic. We are grateful for his vision and support.
This year has challenged us. The heart of Interlochen—creativity, boldness, discipline, resilience—prevailed. Through your continued support, Interlochen will thrive for another century as the destination for young artists.
With gratitude,
Trey Devey President
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2021 ANNUAL REPORT
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