Attn: Education/Local News Editor
Contact Name: _____________
Interlochen Contact: Chris Hintz, 231.276.7608
hintzCR@interlochen.org
Phone: ____________________
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Local young artist will attend renowned Interlochen Arts Camp
INTERLOCHEN, Mich. -- [Students Name], [Age], of [Hometown] has been accepted and will attend
Interlochen Arts Camp, the world’s premier summer arts program for aspiring artists grades 3 through 12. [Student’s
last name], the [son/daughter] of [Parents’ names], will study [Arts Program] at the Camp.
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Interlochen Arts Camp attracts students, faculty and staff from all 50 U.S. states and more than 40 countries.
These 3,000 artists fill Interlochen’s northwoods campus with an explosion of creativity. Student-artists learn from
world-class instructors and produce hundreds of presentations each summer in dance, theatre, creative writing,
visual arts, music and film.
Among the distinguished Camp alumni are Norah Jones, singer Josh Groban, members of the band OK Go,
Rufus Wainwright, opera and concert soprano Jessye Norman, conductor Loren Maazel, jazz pianist Eldar, actor
Anthony Rapp, cartoonist Cathy Guisewite and many more. Approximately ten percent of the nation’s professional
orchestra musicians have roots at Interlochen and the alumni community has been awarded nearly 100 Grammy
Awards.
In addition to hundreds of performances, presentations and readings by young artists, Interlochen brings
leading artists and performers to the northern Michigan campus. In recent years, guest artists have included Joshua
Bell, Josh Groban, the Decemberists, the Avett Brothers, Olga Kern, Harry Connick Jr., Trace Adkins, Branford
Marsalis and many more.
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Video of the summer arts program is available online at: camp.interlochen.org/media
Interlochen Arts Camp is part of the nonprofit Interlochen Center for the Arts, recipient of the National Medal of Arts and the only organization
in the world that brings together: a 2,500-student summer camp program; a 500-student fine arts boarding high school; opportunities for hundreds
of adults to engage in fulfilling artistic and creative programs; two 24-hour listener-supported public radio stations (classical music and news);
more than 600 arts presentations annually by students, faculty and world-renowned guest artists; a global alumni base spanning eight decades,
including leaders in the arts and all other endeavors. For information, visit Interlochen online at www.interlochen.org.