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{{Short description|Non-profit corporation in Green Lake Township, Michigan}}
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{{Infobox school
 | name                    = Interlochen Center for the Arts
 | image                   = 
 | motto                   = "Dedicated to the promotion of world friendship through the universal language of the arts."
 | location                = 4000 [[M-137 (Michigan highway)|J. Maddy Parkway]]<br/>[[Interlochen, Michigan|Interlochen]], [[Michigan]] 49643
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 | state                   = 
 | country                 = US
 | other_names             = I.C.A., "Inty"
 | type                    = Educational institution, non-profit
 | religion                = Secular
 | established             = 1928
 | founder                 = [[Joseph E. Maddy]]
 | head                    = Trey Devey
 | faculty                 = 
 | enrollment              = Camp (summer): 3,344<ref>{{cite web |date= July 24, 2024 |title=From the Desk of Trey Devey: Illimitable creative potential | url=https://www.interlochen.org/president-letters/desk-trey-devey-illimitable-creative-potential | website= interlochen.org| access-date=January 17, 2025}}</ref><br/>Academy (school year): 500 {{source?|date=September 2021}}
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 | athletics               = 
 | athletics_conference    = 
 | team_name               = Fighting Blueberries
 | head_name               = President
 | campus                  = {{convert|1200|acre|ha}}, wooded, rural, between two lakes, adjacent to [[Interlochen State Park]]
 | class                   = 
 | colors                  = {{Color box|#08638D|border=darkgray}} Blue<br/>{{Color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} White
 | homepage                = {{URL|http://www.interlochen.org/}}
}}

'''Interlochen Center for the Arts''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|n|t|ə|ɹ|ˈ|l|ɒ|k|ə|n}} ''{{respell|IN|tər|lock|ən}}''; also known as '''I.C.A.''' or '''Inty''') is a [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] corporation which operates [[Visual arts education|arts education]] institutions and [[Music venue|performance venues]]. Established in 1928 by [[Joseph E. Maddy]], Interlochen Center for the Arts is located on a {{convert|1,200|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus in [[Green Lake Township, Michigan|Green Lake Township]], [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse County]], [[Michigan]], immediately south of the eponymous community of [[Interlochen, Michigan|Interlochen]] and about {{Convert|10|mi|km}} southwest of [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geographic Names Information System |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/fa531196-4822-5aec-93ad-89e2813c41e7/summary |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=edits.nationalmap.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Maps and Directions |url=https://www.interlochen.org/about/visit-campus/maps-and-directions |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=www.interlochen.org |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Interlochen ca1940s LC 8d07694v.jpg|thumb|[[Sheet music|Score sheets]] at Interlochen's Music Library in the 1940s]]

=== Early settlement ===
Beginning in the late 19th century, European settlers began [[logging]] and [[Fishing industry|fishing]] industries in the area, and founded the small village of Wylie, one mile south of the present-day community of Interlochen. Due to the prospering logging industry in the area, the [[Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad]] (owned by the Buckley and Douglas Lumber Company of [[Manistee, Michigan]]) extended its line northeast from [[Nessen City, Michigan]] and arrived between the lakes in the fall of 1889. Similarly, the [[Chicago and West Michigan Railway]] extended its line north from [[Baldwin, Michigan]] on its way to [[Traverse City, Michigan]] in 1890. The two lines crossed in current-day downtown Interlochen where a depot and [[interlocking]] tower were located. 

[[Interlochen State Park]], immediately adjacent to campus, is the first [[state park]] organized by the state of Michigan, established in 1917 and opening in 1919 ([[Mackinac Island State Park|Mackinac Island]] was originally a [[national park]] before becoming Michigan's first state park in 1895).<ref>{{cite web |year=2007 |title=History of Interlochen |url=http://www.interlochen.org/about/history_1 | website= interlochen.org |publisher= Interlochen Center for the Arts | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015230026/http://www.interlochen.org/about/history_1 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date= 2007-10-15 |access-date=2007-11-22}}</ref>

=== School history ===
In the 1920s, the [[National Association for Music Education|Music Supervisors National Conference]] called upon conductor and educator [[Joseph E. Maddy]] to assemble talented high school musicians from around the US to form the National High School Orchestra. The orchestra met in 1926 in [[Detroit]], and the orchestra was asked to reconvene in 1927 and 1928.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.interlochen.org/about/history |access-date=2023-01-09 |website= interlochen.org |publisher= Interlochen Center for the Arts |language=en}}</ref>

In 1927, Joseph Edgar Maddy incorporated the National High School Orchestra Camp, and began searching for ideal locations, eventually narrowing it down to sites in [[Maine]] and [[Michigan]]. Maddy was invited by Interlochen businessman Willis Pennington to tour his hotel and summer camp properties, adjacent to Interlochen State Park (Camp Interlochen and Camp Penn Loch, for boys and girls, respectively).<ref>{{Cite web |title=From timber to tourism: How conservation shaped Interlochen, Michigan |url=https://www.interlochen.org/stories/timber-to-tourism-how-conservation-shaped-interlochen-michigan |access-date= 2023-01-09 |website= interlochen.org |date=April 8, 2019 |publisher= Interlochen Center for the Arts |language=en}}</ref> Maddy chose the site, and, in 1928, the first season of the National High School Orchestra Camp convened.

In 1944, Maddy purchased Camps Interlochen and Penn Loch, absorbing them and the National High School Orchestra Camp into his new Interlochen Center for the Arts.<ref name=":0" />

In 1963, [[Interlochen Public Radio|WIAA]], Interlochen's public radio station, signed on for the first time.  Originally broadcasting eight hours per day, it grew enough within a decade to become a charter member of [[NPR|National Public Radio]]. Interlochen Public Radio became a network in 1989 with the addition of [[WQHN|WICV]]. Interlochen bought contemporary Christian station WDQV in 2005 and converted it into a third satellite for the eastern portion of the market, [[WIAB]].{{CN|date=July 2023}}

=== Recent history ===
In 2020, [[M-137 (Michigan highway)|M-137]], the highway connecting Interlochen Center for the Arts to [[U.S. Route 31 in Michigan|US 31]], was decommissioned by the [[Michigan Department of Transportation]]. Upon the roadway's handover to the [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse County Road Commission]], the roadway was renamed to the "J. Maddy Parkway", after the institution's founder.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interlochen and Green Lake Township to dedicate newly named J. Maddy Parkway |url=https://www.interlochen.org/news/interlochen-and-green-lake-township-to-dedicate-newly-named-j-maddy-parkway |access-date=2023-01-09 |website= interlochen.org |date=September 14, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Programs==
Interlochen Center for the Arts is the umbrella organization for summer program Interlochen Arts Camp,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interlochen Arts Camp|url=https://www.interlochen.org/summer-arts-camp|access-date=January 11, 2022|website= interlochen.org |publisher= Interlochen Center for the Arts}}</ref> arts boarding high school Interlochen Arts Academy,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interlochen Arts Academy| url=https://www.interlochen.org/arts-boarding-school|access-date=January 11, 2022| website= interlochen.org |publisher= Interlochen Center for the Arts}}</ref> [[NPR|National Public Radio (NPR)]] charter station Interlochen Public Radio,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interlochen Public Radio|url=https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/|access-date=January 11, 2022|website= interlochenpublicradio.org}}</ref> performance series Interlochen Presents, adult arts program Interlochen College of Creative Arts,<ref>{{Cite web|title= Interlochen College of Creative Arts|url=https://www.interlochen.org/college-creative-arts|access-date=January 11, 2022|website= interlochen.org |publisher= Interlochen Center for the Arts}}</ref> and online arts program Interlochen Online.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interlochen Online|url=https://www.interlochen.org/interlochen-online|access-date=January 11, 2022|website= interlochen.org |publisher= Interlochen Center for the Arts}}</ref>

=== Interlochen Arts Camp ===
The Interlochen Arts Camp is the original educational institution created by Joseph E. Maddy. 

===Interlochen Arts Academy===
Interlochen Arts Academy is a pre-professional arts [[boarding school|boarding]] boarding high school, founded in 1962 by Joseph E. Maddy. The school offers seven arts majors in creative writing, dance, film and new media, interdisciplinary arts, music, theater, and visual arts.

=== Interlochen College of Creative Arts ===
Founded in 2004, Interlochen College of Creative Arts offers non-degree granting arts programs and continuing education units for adults 18 years and older.

=== Interlochen Public Radio ===
[[File:Carol Garland and Rodwic Fukino at Interlochen Arts Academy (1969) -2.jpg|thumb|Dancers rehearsing at Interlochen, 1969]]{{Main articles|Interlochen Public Radio}}
Interlochen Center for the Arts is home to [[Interlochen Public Radio]] (or IPR), a [[National Public Radio]] member station that broadcasts a signal to most of the lower peninsula of Northern Michigan as well as parts of eastern [[Wisconsin]]. Two listener-supported stations broadcast to northwest Michigan: Classical Music 88.7, 88.5, 94.7 and 100.9 FM; News Radio 91.5, 90.1 and 89.7 FM. Broadcasts include arts programming, news and culture from around the world, as well as local and regional news. IPR was a charter member of National Public Radio.

Founded in 1963, Interlochen Public Radio or WIAA was envisioned as an extension of the "Music From Interlochen" program which ran on the [[NBC]] radio network. The Music From Interlochen Program informed a wider audience about the activities at the then-named National Music Camp and the nascent Interlochen Arts Academy. The station was slow to catch on in its early years and some considered shutting down the operation. Interlochen Public Radio went on to establish itself with two service channels: one for music and one for news.

In 1993, Interlochen Public Radio reportedly had one of the highest rates of per capita contributions of any public radio station in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title= About Interlochen Center for the Arts | website= interlochen.org |publisher= Interlochen Center for the Arts |url=https://www.interlochen.org/about/time_line |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225091445/http://www.interlochen.org/about/time_line |archive-date=December 25, 2008}}</ref> The station's classical music service is broadcast from their main tower at [[WIAA (FM)|WIAA]] 88.7 FM in Interlochen, along with [[WIAB]] 88.5 FM in [[Mackinaw City]], and W234BU 94.7 FM in [[Traverse City]]. In 2000, IPR began offering a separate news service on [[WICA (FM)|WICA]] 91.5 FM in [[Traverse City]] and later added [[WLMN]] 89.7 FM in [[Manistee, Michigan|Manistee]] and [[WHBP]] 90.1 FM in [[Harbor Springs]].

== Awards and accolades ==
*'''National Medal of Arts''': In 2006, Interlochen Center for the Arts was named recipient of the [[National Medal of Arts]], one of the highest honors bestowed by the [[President of the United States]] and [[National Endowment for the Arts]] on individuals or institutions that have contributed substantially to the growth and advancement of the arts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lifetime Honors: National Medal of Arts |work=nea.gov| publisher= National Endowment for the Arts |url=http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html |access-date=October 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100304001626/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#00 |archive-date=March 4, 2010}}</ref> Interlochen [[president emeritus]] Jeffrey Kimpton received the award on behalf of Interlochen Center for the Arts from US President [[George W. Bush]] in an [[Oval Office]] ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |date= November 9, 2006 |title=NEA News Room: 2006 National Medal of Arts - INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS |work=nea.gov| publisher = National Endowment for the Arts |url= http://www.nea.gov/news/news06/medals/Interlochen.html |access-date=October 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628171639/http://www.nea.gov/news/news06/medals/Interlochen.html |archive-date=June 28, 2009}}</ref>
*'''Presidential Scholars in the Arts''': Interlochen Arts Academy is a perennial front-runner among American high schools in its production of [[National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts|Presidential Scholars in the Arts]], having produced more recipients of the award than any other school in the nation.<ref>{{cite web |date= July 21, 2009 |title=U.S. Presidential Scholars Program | url=http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html | website= ed.gov| publisher= US Department of Education |access-date=October 7, 2009}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="150">
File:The Commons at Interlochen Fine Arts School.jpg|The Osterlin Mall
File:Stone Hotel.jpg|The Stone Hotel overlooking [[Green Lake (Grand Traverse County, Michigan)|Green Lake]]
File:Interlochen Administration Building.jpg|The Maddy Administration Building
File:Fine Arts Building -Interlochen.jpg|The Fine Arts Building in 2018
File:Kresge Auditorium-Interlochen.jpg|Interlochen's Kresge Auditorium, an open air [[Amphitheatre|amphitheater]], named for [[S. S. Kresge]].
File:Interlochen Historical Marker.jpg|Interlochen [[Commemorative plaque|Historical Marker]]
File:Heralds-at-Interlochen (4619554270).jpg|[[United States Army Herald Trumpets]] at Interlochen in 2010
</gallery>

==Notable alumni==
{{alumni|date=September 2019}}
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* [[Maude Apatow]] - actress
* [[Michael Arden]] - singer, actor, and director <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/detroit/article/PIPPIN-Will-Be-Performed-by-Interlochen-Arts-Academy-This-Week-20211115|title= PIPPIN Will Be Performed by Interlochen Arts Academy This Week |website=Broadway World|access-date=May 28, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Michael Arrom]] - musician
* [[Kate Baldwin]] - Actress, two time Tony award nominee, musician
*[[Bill Barber (tubist)|Bill Barber]] - Tubist, largely considered to be the first modern jazz tuba player
*[[Gary Barwin]] - novelist, poet, multimedia artist.
* [[Meredith Baxter]] - actress<ref>{{cite book |last=Baxter |first=Meredith |date=2011 |title=Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering |publisher=Random House LLC |page=41}}</ref>
* [[Vince Gilligan]] - producer and screenwriter<ref name=chesterfield>{{cite web |last=McConnell |first=Jim |title=Our Man in Hollywood |publisher=Chesterfield Monthly |url=http://www.chesterfieldmonthly.com/family/our-man-in-hollywood |access-date=September 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926012322/http://www.chesterfieldmonthly.com/family/our-man-in-hollywood |archive-date=September 26, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Charles Roland Berry]] - composer
* [[Garrett Børns]] - musician
* [[Chris Brubeck]] - musician
* [[David Burtka]] - actor and chef
* [[Bruno Campos]] - actor
* [[Rachel Carns]] - musician
* [[Charlie Carver]] - actor
* [[Angelin Chang]] - pianist
* [[Victoria Clark]] - singer and actress
* [[Kat Coiro]] - writer and director
* [[Larry Combs]] - Principal clarinetist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Ret.)
* [[Terry Crews]] - actor and pro football player
* [[John Dalley]] - violinist
* [[Chip Davis]] - musician
* [[Xavier Davis]] - musician
* [[Michael Delp]] - writer
* [[Elaine Douvas]] - musician
* [[Kermit Driscoll]] - musician
* [[Aaron Dworkin]]<ref name=musicbuilding>{{cite news |last=Winowiecki |first=Emma |date=May 3, 2017 |title=Interlochen Center for the Arts to get $24M music building |publisher=Michigan Radio |url=http://michiganradio.org/post/interlochen-center-arts-get-24m-music-building |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref> - Dean of the [[University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance]]
* [[Doriot Anthony Dwyer]]
* [[Jennifer Ehle]] - actress
* [[Peter Erskine]] - drummer
* [[Tovah Feldshuh]] - actress
* [[Anna Fidler]] - artist
* [[Barrett Foa]] - actor
* [[Ben Foster (actor)|Ben Foster]] - actor
* [[Shelley Gillen]] - producer, screenwriter and songwriter
* [[Kimiko Glenn]] - actress and singer
* [[Steven M. Goodman]] - biologist
* [[Josh Groban]]<ref name=musicbuilding/> - singer/songwriter and record producer
* [[Keitaro Harada]] - conductor
* [[Steve Hayden]] - advertising executive
* [[Bob Havens]] - Musician
* [[Christie Hefner]] - publishing executive
* [[Marcy Heisler]] - lyricist
* [[Ed Helms]] - actor<ref>{{cite web |title=IGN: Helms Deep |url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/704/704553p2.html}}</ref>
* [[Evan Helmuth]]<ref name=reston>{{cite news |last=Emke |first=Dave |date=July 28, 2017 |title=Obituary: Actor Evan Helmuth, 40, Lived in Reston as a Boy |work=RestonNow.com |url=https://www.restonnow.com/2017/07/28/obituary-actor-evan-helmuth-40-lived-in-reston-as-a-boy/|access-date=July 29, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Jerry Hey]] - musician
* [[Anne Hills]] - singer/songwriter
* [[Wataru Hokoyama]] - composer and conductor
* [[Mary Holland]] - actress
* [[Marya Hornbacher]] - author
* [[Hao Huang (pianist)|Hao Huang]] - pianist
* [[Felicity Huffman]] - actress
* [[Alexandra Ashley Hughes]]<ref name=vanyaland>{{cite news |last=Wasylak |first=Victoria |date=April 3, 2020 |title=Interview: Allie X revisits the devil she knows on 'Cape God' |url=https://vanyaland.com/2020/04/03/interview-allie-x-revisits-the-devil-she-knows-on-cape-god/|access-date=April 4, 2020}}</ref> - singer/songwriter
* [[Tom Hulce]] - Oscar-nominated actor
* [[Linda Hunt]] - Oscar-winning actress
* [[Mary Hollis Inboden]] - actress
* [[Carol Jantsch]] - Principal tuba, [[Philadelphia Orchestra]]
* [[Aaron M. Johnson]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Wright, C.|url=https://statesmanjournal.com/story/entertainment/events/2015/01/06/night-bebop-cool-jazz-jan-christos/21295493/|title=Bebop and Cool Jazz|magazine=[[Statesman Journal]]|date=January 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.reverbnation.com/aaronjohnson2?popup_bio=true |title=Aaron Johnson|publisher=[[ReverbNation]]}}</ref> - saxophonist and bandleader
* [[Richard Joiner]] - clarinetist
* [[Scott Joiner]] - singer / composer
* [[Norah Jones]]<ref name=voanora>{{cite news |date=October 30, 2009 |title=Award Winning US Singer Norah Jones Makes Nostalgic Return to Youth Arts Camp - 2003-07-14 |publisher=VOA News |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2003-07-14-28-award/393706.html |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref> - multiple Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter
* [[Kim Kashkashian]] - violist
* [[Ani Kavafian]] - violinist
* [[Ida Kavafian]] - violinist
* [[Celia Keenan-Bolger]] - actress
* [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel Kilcher]] - singer
* [[Amelia Kinkade]] - actress
* [[Damian Kulash]] - musician<ref name=okgo>{{cite news |last=Boissoneau |first=Ross |date=June 14, 2017 |title=Pop Band with Local Roots Returning to Interlochen |publisher=Traverse Magazine |url=http://mynorth.com/2017/06/pop-band-ok-go-interlochen-roots/ |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref> - founding member of rock band [[OK Go]]
* [[Dane Laffrey]] - scenic designer
* [[Naomi Lang]] - ice dancer
* [[Phill Lewis]] - actor
* [[Jennifer Lynch|Jennifer Chambers Lynch]] - director<ref>{{cite web |title=Jennifer Lynch &#124; Biography, Photos, Movies, TV, Credits |work=Hollywood.com |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/detail/celeb/189359 |access-date=October 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125195847/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/189359/Jennifer_Lynch |archive-date=January 25, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Lorin Maazel]]<ref name=adamtimes>{{cite news |date=July 3, 2017 |title=New Philadelphia's Adam Exley attends renowned Interlochen Arts Camp |publisher=Times Reporter |url=http://www.timesreporter.com/news/20170703/new-philadelphias-adam-exley-attends-renowned-interlochen-arts-camp |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref> - violinist, composer
* [[Anthony McGill (musician)|Anthony McGill]] - clarinetist
* [[Michael McMillian]] - actor
* [[Dmitri Matheny]] - musician
* [[Herman Matthews]] - drummer
* [[Mia Michaels]] - choreographer
* [[Eric Millegan]] - actor
* [[F. Hudson Miller]] - sound editor
* [[Bob Mintzer]]
* [[Ross Mintzer]]
* [[Elizabeth Fischer Monastero]]
* [[Dermot Mulroney]] - actor
* [[Jessye Norman]]<ref name=adamtimes/> - opera singer and Grammy Lifetime Achievement award winner
* [[Jaime Ray Newman]] - actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.voicenews.com/life/jaime-ray-newman-s-farmington-hills-roots/article_2c218780-d950-52df-abfd-62ca429ae2ed.html|title=Jaime Ray Newman's Farmington Hills roots|website=The Voice|first=Kurt|last=Anthony|date=December 19, 2017|access-date=19 January 2025|archive-date=December 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214192823/http://www.voicenews.com/life/jaime-ray-newman-s-farmington-hills-roots/article_2c218780-d950-52df-abfd-62ca429ae2ed.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Sean Osborn]] - [[Clarinetist]] and [[Composer]]
* [[Our Lady J]] - television writer, pianist, singer/songwriter
* [[Larry Page]] - co-founder of Google
* [[Elizabeth Parcells]] - Coloratura soprano
* [[Donovan Patton]]
* [[Sam Pilafian]] - Tubist
* [[Shelley Posen]]
* [[Susan Poser]] - President of [[Hofstra University]]<ref>{{cite podcast |url= https://podcasts.schnepsmedia.com/2021/12/23/dr-susan-poser-the-ninth-president-of-hofstra-university-and-a-member-of-the-long-island-association-board-of-directors/ |title= Power Women with Victoria Schneps |website= |publisher= Schneps Media |host= Victoria Schneps |date= December 23, 2021 |time= 2:12-3:32 |access-date= January 1, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Prince Poppycock|John Quale]]
* [[Rain Pryor]] - actress
* [[Da'Vine Joy Randolph]] - actor<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.interlochen.org/alumni-news-and-features | title=Alumni News and Features &#124; Interlochen Center for the Arts }}</ref>
* [[Anthony Rapp]]<ref name=adamtimes/> - Broadway actor
* [[Jackson Rathbone]]
* [[Chappell Roan]]
* [[Margot Rose]]
* [[David Shifrin]]
* [[Trish Sie]]
* [[Alexandra Silber]]
* [[Peter Sparling]]
* [[Doug Stanton]] - New York Times bestselling author
* [[Sufjan Stevens]] - singer/songwriter and [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Academy Award]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media|Grammy Award]] nominee
* [[Casey Stratton]] 
* [[Toni Trucks]]
* [[Rufus Wainwright]]<ref name=mlivewainwright>{{cite news |last=Serba |first=John |date=June 28, 2012 |title=Singer/songwriter talks about getting married, Interlochen and new album 'Out of the Game' |publisher=M Live |url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/06/qa_with_rufus_wainwright_singe.html |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref> - [[Juno Award]] winning singer/songwriter
* [[Benjamin Walker (actor)|Benjamin Walker]]
* [[Mike Wallace]] - television journalist
* [[Debbie Weems]]
* [[Michael Weiss (pianist)|Michael Weiss]]
* [[Lawrence Irving Wilde]] - composer, singer, songwriter and producer of House of Faces
* [[Charley Wilkinson]] - timpanist
* [[Rumer Willis]] - actress
* [[Betty Who]]<ref name=musicbuilding/> - Australian recording artist with top-ten single
* [[Peter Yarrow]] - singer
* [[Sean Young]] - actress<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-09 |title=Sean Young |url=http://www.seanyoung.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509190926/http://www.seanyoung.com/ |archive-date=2008-05-09 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=seanyoung.com}}</ref>
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last=Boal |first=Dean |date=August 1998 |title=Interlochen: A Home for the Arts |publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]] |isbn=978-0-472-10882-4}}
* {{cite book |last=Browning |first=Norma Lee |year=1992 |title=Joe Maddy of Interlochen |publisher=[[Contemporary Books]] |isbn=0-8092-3907-8}}
* {{cite book |last=Feild |first=Thom |date=August 2006 |title=Pine Nuts - Recollections of Summers at Interlochen |publisher=Thom Feild Design LLC |isbn=0-9786677-0-0}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.interlochen.org/ Official website]
*[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/19/arts/music/band-camp.html "I Found Myself at Band Camp''"'' photo essay on the Interlochen Arts Camp, ''New York Times,'' 2021]
*[http://www.boardingschools.com/school-profile/interlochen-arts-academy The Association of Boarding Schools profile for the Interlochen Arts Academy]
*{{IMDb title|qid=Q21527703|title=There's Magic in Music (1941)}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090627035548/http://www.pinenutsthebook.com/the-book/ Pine Nuts book website]

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