Annual Report to Donors 2008 - Interlochen Center for the Arts
Annual Report to Donors 2008 - Interlochen Center for the Arts
Annual Report to Donors 2008 - Interlochen Center for the Arts
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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Programs, Partnerships and Collaborations<br />
Fiscal year <strong>2008</strong> was an important year <strong>for</strong> new initiatives and per<strong>for</strong>mance opportunities. These are essential<br />
in our ef<strong>for</strong>ts <strong>to</strong> create stronger partnerships across <strong>the</strong> country and around <strong>the</strong> globe, build greater cultural<br />
awareness, expand <strong>the</strong> interrelationship of <strong>the</strong> disciplines and increase diversity on our campus.<br />
<strong>Interlochen</strong> spent <strong>the</strong> year celebrating <strong>the</strong> role of <strong>the</strong> “artist as citizen” with a series of guest residencies by people<br />
who have used <strong>the</strong> arts as <strong>to</strong>ols <strong>to</strong> create stronger communities and a better world. Those people included three<br />
<strong>Interlochen</strong> alumni: Vic<strong>to</strong>ria Clark (IAC 77), a Tony Award-winning actress and singer; Aaron Dworkin (IAA 86-88),<br />
founder of <strong>the</strong> Sphinx Organization and a McArthur Genius Grant recipient; and Janet Eilber (IAC 62-68, IAA 64-69),<br />
artistic direc<strong>to</strong>r of <strong>the</strong> Martha Graham Dance Company; along with National Endowment <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> chairman<br />
Dana Gioia, author Barry Lopez, composer Samuel Adler and many o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />
<strong>Interlochen</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> Camp welcomed violin superstar Joshua Bell <strong>for</strong> a per<strong>for</strong>mance of Max Bruch’s Concer<strong>to</strong> No. 1<br />
with <strong>the</strong> World Youth Symphony Orchestra. While he was on campus, Bell sat down with conduc<strong>to</strong>r Jung Ho Pak,<br />
<strong>Interlochen</strong> president Jeffrey Kimp<strong>to</strong>n and NEA chair Dana Gioia <strong>for</strong> a roundtable discussion about <strong>the</strong> future of<br />
arts education. The panel discussion was recorded and broadcast on <strong>Interlochen</strong> Public Radio.<br />
In February, <strong>Interlochen</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> celebrated its 80th anniversary with a residency by <strong>the</strong> Martha Graham<br />
Dance Company, which was also celebrating its 80th anniversary season. <strong>Interlochen</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> Academy dance majors<br />
danced <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> original Graham choreography of Norman Dello Joio’s Diversion of Angels , taught by Graham dancers<br />
and artistic direc<strong>to</strong>r Janet Eilber. The Graham Company danced <strong>the</strong> entire ballet of Appalachian Spring by Aaron<br />
Copland, with Academy student and faculty musicians in <strong>the</strong> orchestra. In March, a chamber orchestra of <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Academy students reprised <strong>the</strong> musical per<strong>for</strong>mance in New York’s Zankel Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
From <strong>the</strong> Top PBS television program.<br />
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<strong>Interlochen</strong> celebrated its 80th<br />
anniversary with a residency by <strong>the</strong><br />
Martha Graham Dance Company
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