Well everyone...The 83rd season of Interlochen Arts camp has concluded.
Sunday activities were lots of fun getting the chance to see all the campers perform one last time. The WYSO performed Dvorák's 9th Symphony Sunday evening and it was amazing. Following the WYSO Performance in the Interlochen Bowl, all four music groups (two orchestras, two bands) Squeezed in on stage and played Les Preludes, the third Symphonic Poem written by Liszt. It has been a tradition at Interlochen since the beginning of time, and it was and is a true culmination of the experiences had at Interlochen during the summer.
Following Les Preludes, all the campers and staff bid their adieus to each other before returning to division for last minute packing and final goodbyes within the cabin. This was an especially somber time, because the staff had been very close since day one, seven weeks ago. Lots of pictures were taken, tears shed, and plenty of "Keep in Touch, Facebook me!" were exchanged. I will surely miss all of the High School Staff and I do hope there are more chances than not to reunite and visit with each other.
Back in the cabin, we ordered pizza with the 9 out of 14 girls that were left. It was a quiet, relaxing time overall, and it was fun to hang out with the girls before they departed. I packed the car Sunday night until about 2:15am and didn't manage to get to bed until about 3:30..I woke up at about 5am to see one of my girls off, and to get gas in the car and air in my tires. At 6:30, Myself, and two other girl counselors piled into my car and started driving to Detroit. My two friends needed a ride to the Detroit Metro Airport, so I was happy to get to spend the 4.5 hour car ride with Interlochen people rather than all by myself.
Sitting here, I think of Interlochen and how odd it will be to drop certain things from my life..things such as:
MoFro
Stone WF
Sco Sho
Apple Crisp
Sunday Lunch Service
Sundecker Sun Sets
Days off in TC
Meijer Runs
Friendship Bracelets
Craft Cabana
WYSO Concerts
Naps on the Couch in HQ1
Line-Up
Ninja
Chair of Doom
...and the list goes on..
Every good thing has to end for another good thing to begin, but it is always difficult to leave Interlochen and go home to no structured schedule what so ever. At least this year I will be busy unpacking, repacking, buying a car, purchasing last minute apartment items, packing up the cars, and moving back to school in Kalamazoo. I am very excited to see what the semester will hold, but I know that it will be a busy one. From this point on, my summer is over. Once I move, I will be busy unpacking and getting settled into my townhouse with my three roommates and soon after that starts Band Camp at WMU, which runs right into the beginning of classes. This summer has gone by with lightning speed, but I am so glad that I was able to spend it at a place I love with people that I have grown to love just as much.
and now running on two hours of sleep, it's time to eat dinner and sleep!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Week Six
As Week Six comes to a close, there are a lot of things happening all at once. My camper evaluations are done, as well as most of my paperwork so I'm glad that's out of the way.
Last night I went to the Musical Theater production of Aida. It was very well done for a group of high schoolers who learned it in basically 4 weeks, and have just been refining it for the past two. It was about a Nubian princess who gets captured by the Egyptians, and whilst the two are fighting the Nubian Princess, Aida, starts to fall in love with the Capitan who captures her. Typical love story, but the music and lyrics were written by Elton John and Tim Rice so it was overall a pretty good production.
Today we had a 6AM line up (which usually it's 6:45) so that was early, but it was a little exciting because the trumpets played an arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue instead of the regular Reveille. Most of the campers had Les Prelude rehearsal this morning at 7AM sharp, so it was definitely an early morning for everyone. It is currently 55 and cloudy at Interlochen now, so it is SUPER chilly. I think a nice long nap is in order soon. For the campers, today is filled with last minute rehearsals, spending time with each other, and saying goodbye. Tonight the HSG division has our closing campfire where we reminisce on the past 6 weeks, and give out divisional camper awards. (such as honor division camper, and honor campers for each cabin) After that, all the girl return to their respective cabins and have a last night in the cabin before Les Prelude and the many hours home.
Sunday will be a very busy day with Les Prelude and most of the campers departing for home. Some leave in the morning, or mid-day, but most of the campers perform in the Les Prelude Concert Sunday evening. All the counselors are preparing ourselves for dealing with crying campers,helping some campers with their early departures, unwilling campers who don't want to leave, and for saying our goodbyes to the staff we've came so close to in the past seven weeks. It will be a difficult two days, but I know a lot of the staff and myself are ready to get home and move back to school. (and a REAL shower!)
Monday I will wake up pretty early, and finish packing up the car, and cleaning the cabin with my co-counselor and the few campers I will have left. I am driving one of the other HSG counselors to the Detroit Airport, so we will have to leave no later than Noon. This means a busy morning, and an afternoon full of driving for me. It will be good to get home, and come back to the life I have at school, but Interlochen will surely be missed just as much as it usually is every year.
Last night I went to the Musical Theater production of Aida. It was very well done for a group of high schoolers who learned it in basically 4 weeks, and have just been refining it for the past two. It was about a Nubian princess who gets captured by the Egyptians, and whilst the two are fighting the Nubian Princess, Aida, starts to fall in love with the Capitan who captures her. Typical love story, but the music and lyrics were written by Elton John and Tim Rice so it was overall a pretty good production.
Today we had a 6AM line up (which usually it's 6:45) so that was early, but it was a little exciting because the trumpets played an arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue instead of the regular Reveille. Most of the campers had Les Prelude rehearsal this morning at 7AM sharp, so it was definitely an early morning for everyone. It is currently 55 and cloudy at Interlochen now, so it is SUPER chilly. I think a nice long nap is in order soon. For the campers, today is filled with last minute rehearsals, spending time with each other, and saying goodbye. Tonight the HSG division has our closing campfire where we reminisce on the past 6 weeks, and give out divisional camper awards. (such as honor division camper, and honor campers for each cabin) After that, all the girl return to their respective cabins and have a last night in the cabin before Les Prelude and the many hours home.
Sunday will be a very busy day with Les Prelude and most of the campers departing for home. Some leave in the morning, or mid-day, but most of the campers perform in the Les Prelude Concert Sunday evening. All the counselors are preparing ourselves for dealing with crying campers,helping some campers with their early departures, unwilling campers who don't want to leave, and for saying our goodbyes to the staff we've came so close to in the past seven weeks. It will be a difficult two days, but I know a lot of the staff and myself are ready to get home and move back to school. (and a REAL shower!)
Monday I will wake up pretty early, and finish packing up the car, and cleaning the cabin with my co-counselor and the few campers I will have left. I am driving one of the other HSG counselors to the Detroit Airport, so we will have to leave no later than Noon. This means a busy morning, and an afternoon full of driving for me. It will be good to get home, and come back to the life I have at school, but Interlochen will surely be missed just as much as it usually is every year.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Week Five and Six
And the last leg of the summer begins!
Week five flew by with lots of jobs and duties to do around camp. There were some VERY nice days last week, with 75 degree weather, sun, and low humidity it was the perfect week. I captured some great pictures from the Sundecker Pavilion, Roving around maincamp and some sunset pictures on Saturday night around 9:45 right before the 10pm call to quarters.
The Sundecker
View from the Sundecker
Roving Main Camp by the water
Sunset While roving Main Camp
Week six has begun with a running start, and I cannot believe we're already halfway through! I have been filling out lots of paperwork, camper reports and staff reports as well. Tomorrow the HSG Counselors have our Staff Outing at Platte Point. We had a staff outing there earlier this summer, so It should be fun and I'm excited to go. The Packing process starts tonight, and I know that getting my campers to pack and clean will be a challenge in itself, but it WILL get done! There is a lot to do in the next five days, and I know that it will fly by like the rest of the summer has...and with that, I will leave the week to that, and write again later this week!
Week five flew by with lots of jobs and duties to do around camp. There were some VERY nice days last week, with 75 degree weather, sun, and low humidity it was the perfect week. I captured some great pictures from the Sundecker Pavilion, Roving around maincamp and some sunset pictures on Saturday night around 9:45 right before the 10pm call to quarters.
Week six has begun with a running start, and I cannot believe we're already halfway through! I have been filling out lots of paperwork, camper reports and staff reports as well. Tomorrow the HSG Counselors have our Staff Outing at Platte Point. We had a staff outing there earlier this summer, so It should be fun and I'm excited to go. The Packing process starts tonight, and I know that getting my campers to pack and clean will be a challenge in itself, but it WILL get done! There is a lot to do in the next five days, and I know that it will fly by like the rest of the summer has...and with that, I will leave the week to that, and write again later this week!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Week Four
Oh my, time is just flying by!
Week four is coming to a close and it feels like I just arrived yesterday.
Sometimes the days blur together so it can become fairly difficult to remember what happened on what day, but overall I've been able to keep track of the weeks as they've gone by. Yesterday I had my day off (Friday) and my grandparents came to visit for the day. They took me into Traverse City and we rode on a big Schooner boat with about 25 other people. It was pretty calm in the bay, but it was also very relaxing as well as the wind blew through my hair and I watched various speed boats go by. We also ventured into downtown and walked around Front St. for a little while, the three of us stopped into Kilwin's fudge/ice cream shop and got ice cream and malts. It was a new experience for Grandma (not knowing what kilwin's was) and it was delicious ice cream as well.
Earlier in the week we had a Unit Activity for all the campers in Unit C. The event was a counselor dress-up fashion show where the campers of each cabin dressed up their own counselor. My campers dressed me and my co-counselor Katie up as the messy floor of our cabin and the "Caper Queen". (capers are chores) It was good fun, and there were lots of guest counselor and administrative staff judges.
This week I was also able to get away for a bit during the day and go see a movie with two of my HSG counselor friends. We went to Meijer and saw Inception, which was SUCH a good movie..makes you think though. At Meijer I bought raspberries for $2 and they were ripe and delicious and a good relief from 5 and a half weeks of cafeteria food.
Week Five is about to begin, and as much as I am excited to go back home and move to Kalamazoo for the year, I am sad that this summer has gone by so quickly and that I will have to leave all my friends that I have made here in just two short weeks..
Ta,Ta for now, I will write again later!
Week four is coming to a close and it feels like I just arrived yesterday.
Sometimes the days blur together so it can become fairly difficult to remember what happened on what day, but overall I've been able to keep track of the weeks as they've gone by. Yesterday I had my day off (Friday) and my grandparents came to visit for the day. They took me into Traverse City and we rode on a big Schooner boat with about 25 other people. It was pretty calm in the bay, but it was also very relaxing as well as the wind blew through my hair and I watched various speed boats go by. We also ventured into downtown and walked around Front St. for a little while, the three of us stopped into Kilwin's fudge/ice cream shop and got ice cream and malts. It was a new experience for Grandma (not knowing what kilwin's was) and it was delicious ice cream as well.
Earlier in the week we had a Unit Activity for all the campers in Unit C. The event was a counselor dress-up fashion show where the campers of each cabin dressed up their own counselor. My campers dressed me and my co-counselor Katie up as the messy floor of our cabin and the "Caper Queen". (capers are chores) It was good fun, and there were lots of guest counselor and administrative staff judges.
This week I was also able to get away for a bit during the day and go see a movie with two of my HSG counselor friends. We went to Meijer and saw Inception, which was SUCH a good movie..makes you think though. At Meijer I bought raspberries for $2 and they were ripe and delicious and a good relief from 5 and a half weeks of cafeteria food.
Week Five is about to begin, and as much as I am excited to go back home and move to Kalamazoo for the year, I am sad that this summer has gone by so quickly and that I will have to leave all my friends that I have made here in just two short weeks..
Ta,Ta for now, I will write again later!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Week Three
Here it is, it's already Week Three!!
Week three means all the staff has been here for a total of four weeks, which is crazy to even think about. Interlochen is amazing in every way possible. The weather has been pretty nice and unusually consistent, trips to Traverse City have been amazing, and listening to all the performances around campus is just great!
Me By the Grand Traverse Bay on my day off.
Yesterday (Sunday July 11th) was the second WYSO Concert with guest performer, David Shifrin who played the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Did I mention that the tickets were FREE? Besides the fact that he is one of the best clarinetists ever, he is also an Alumni of the Arts Academy Boarding School here, so that must have been cool for him. The WYSO also played Pines of Rome (also amazing), and as we got to the third movement, there is a part in the music where usually a recording of bird chirping plays, but as the orchestra played the movement, actual birds outside started chirping as well..and to add to the atmosphere inside Kresge, the fourth movement begins quietly and slowly the orchestra builds its instrumentation; first the violins, cellos, woodwinds, then brass. So as the orchestra was building intensity and sound, the sky outside began to cloud over and get dark as the sun set, and the wind came in stronger and stronger over the lake as the orchestra hit its peak sound. Talk about surround sound. It was amazing, I love music so much, and not many people realize how all the things in one place can go together if you have a little music.
WYSO Rehearsing Pines of Rome
So we are on to Week Three, as I said before. not much is new, just finding time to practice, sit at the lake and the staff beach, read, and hang with friends and campers. On Thursdays there is a reading orchestra in the evening, so I'm excited for that. The Reading Orchestra is just for staff members who want a chance to play in an ensemble and to sightread over the summer. I definitely need to practice sight reading, and I do miss playing in an ensemble, so it should be fun.
Week three means all the staff has been here for a total of four weeks, which is crazy to even think about. Interlochen is amazing in every way possible. The weather has been pretty nice and unusually consistent, trips to Traverse City have been amazing, and listening to all the performances around campus is just great!
Yesterday (Sunday July 11th) was the second WYSO Concert with guest performer, David Shifrin who played the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Did I mention that the tickets were FREE? Besides the fact that he is one of the best clarinetists ever, he is also an Alumni of the Arts Academy Boarding School here, so that must have been cool for him. The WYSO also played Pines of Rome (also amazing), and as we got to the third movement, there is a part in the music where usually a recording of bird chirping plays, but as the orchestra played the movement, actual birds outside started chirping as well..and to add to the atmosphere inside Kresge, the fourth movement begins quietly and slowly the orchestra builds its instrumentation; first the violins, cellos, woodwinds, then brass. So as the orchestra was building intensity and sound, the sky outside began to cloud over and get dark as the sun set, and the wind came in stronger and stronger over the lake as the orchestra hit its peak sound. Talk about surround sound. It was amazing, I love music so much, and not many people realize how all the things in one place can go together if you have a little music.
So we are on to Week Three, as I said before. not much is new, just finding time to practice, sit at the lake and the staff beach, read, and hang with friends and campers. On Thursdays there is a reading orchestra in the evening, so I'm excited for that. The Reading Orchestra is just for staff members who want a chance to play in an ensemble and to sightread over the summer. I definitely need to practice sight reading, and I do miss playing in an ensemble, so it should be fun.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Week Two
So It's been about a week since I have last written. The campers have been here for a full week, and I have been here for two already. Week two begins today, and there are a lot of things planned for everyone throughout the week. Dances, Lake Trips, Beach Sleepovers at the Waterfront, pizza dinner etc. Not all the counselors get to go on the off-campus trips, but it's still fun for the campers. Interlochen also has many different waterfronts that we can swim at that are nice. There is even a waterfront access that is right by Kresge (the main outdoor auditorium)that is only available to Staff and Visitors. We call it the 'Stone Waterfront', and it's a really nice smaller beach and swim area, a concrete deck area right next to the beach overlooking the lake with wooden lawn chairs and picnic tables to sit at and just relax. I went down there the other day, and it's a great place to chill out while the campers are at class on a warm sunny day under the huge tree that provides shade. It's the best when there's a big breeze coming off of the lake like yesterday (July 4th), especially when the WYSO is rehearsing in Kresge right next door.
I get one day off a week, which is cool to just chill at Traverse City all day. My day off is Friday, so last Friday a small group of counselors went to the Bay and sat on the beach for the afternoon. The Traverse City Cherry Festival was just getting started, so we were lucky to see the dress rehearsal of the Blue Angels right over the Bay.
So far I haven't gotten the chance to play my Clarinet a whole lot, but now that training and orientation is over with, I will have a lot of time in the morning and early afternoon to practice. There are even a few other counselor clarinetists in the High School Boys and Girls Divisions, so we were thinking of getting a quintet together or something fun like that. I played duets with one of the other girl counselors from Ohio the other day, She will be a Junior at Wright State University in Dayton, OH this year so it was fun to just relax and play duets.
Overall it's been a pretty chill week as far as activities and duties go, so I will post again once the activities and festivities get going.
I get one day off a week, which is cool to just chill at Traverse City all day. My day off is Friday, so last Friday a small group of counselors went to the Bay and sat on the beach for the afternoon. The Traverse City Cherry Festival was just getting started, so we were lucky to see the dress rehearsal of the Blue Angels right over the Bay.
So far I haven't gotten the chance to play my Clarinet a whole lot, but now that training and orientation is over with, I will have a lot of time in the morning and early afternoon to practice. There are even a few other counselor clarinetists in the High School Boys and Girls Divisions, so we were thinking of getting a quintet together or something fun like that. I played duets with one of the other girl counselors from Ohio the other day, She will be a Junior at Wright State University in Dayton, OH this year so it was fun to just relax and play duets.
Overall it's been a pretty chill week as far as activities and duties go, so I will post again once the activities and festivities get going.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Platte Point Pictures
The internet is finally cooperating!
....well sort of.haha
Here are a few pictures from the Staff trip to Platte Point :)
....well sort of.haha
Here are a few pictures from the Staff trip to Platte Point :)
Friday, June 25, 2010
Campers are Coming!!!
That's right! The Campers Arrive tomorrow!!
I reside in Cabin 16 with my co-counselor, Katie. She's super cool and is from Okemos, Michigan! Woo! Everyone just finished all the cabin decorating and cleaning. It was a lot to get done in between meetings and activitied, but somehow we all managed to do it. Katie and I will have 14 girls in our cabin all around the age of 15-16 years old and they are from all over; Oregon, Florida, Tokyo, Chicago, Michigan, Toronto, Hong Kong, Atlanta, and Virginia. It should definitely be a fun summer. Today a truck came with a lot of the camper's luggage in huge boxes and bags. It took all of the HSG staff to get all the boxes and bags sorted out but it was a little fun in the process. Tomorrow morning at 9 is when the campers get here, so we are all so very excited!
On a super duper side note, the HSG and HSB Staff went to a place called Platte Pointe for a staff BBQ and hang out. It was SO pretty, and I had never been before! It's where the Platte River dumps out into lake Michigan, so the current from the River and the waves from the lake create this whirlpool of sorts, and there are a ton of pretty rocks. I should be able to post pictures soon, but the internet here is absolute crap, it takes three minutes just for the page to load and decide it's not going to work...boo. Oh well. I am now realizing that a car would be kind of nice because I could go into Traverse City on my days off. I don't want to rely on anyone to take me to target or meijer so i'm feeling a little stranded and worried on what I'm going to do on my days off from now on...
Oh well I guess I'll figure something out? Well It's time to get cleaned up and ready for bed, and also ready for 14 new people living in our cabin tomorrow! I'll post next whenever I get the chance!
I reside in Cabin 16 with my co-counselor, Katie. She's super cool and is from Okemos, Michigan! Woo! Everyone just finished all the cabin decorating and cleaning. It was a lot to get done in between meetings and activitied, but somehow we all managed to do it. Katie and I will have 14 girls in our cabin all around the age of 15-16 years old and they are from all over; Oregon, Florida, Tokyo, Chicago, Michigan, Toronto, Hong Kong, Atlanta, and Virginia. It should definitely be a fun summer. Today a truck came with a lot of the camper's luggage in huge boxes and bags. It took all of the HSG staff to get all the boxes and bags sorted out but it was a little fun in the process. Tomorrow morning at 9 is when the campers get here, so we are all so very excited!
On a super duper side note, the HSG and HSB Staff went to a place called Platte Pointe for a staff BBQ and hang out. It was SO pretty, and I had never been before! It's where the Platte River dumps out into lake Michigan, so the current from the River and the waves from the lake create this whirlpool of sorts, and there are a ton of pretty rocks. I should be able to post pictures soon, but the internet here is absolute crap, it takes three minutes just for the page to load and decide it's not going to work...boo. Oh well. I am now realizing that a car would be kind of nice because I could go into Traverse City on my days off. I don't want to rely on anyone to take me to target or meijer so i'm feeling a little stranded and worried on what I'm going to do on my days off from now on...
Oh well I guess I'll figure something out? Well It's time to get cleaned up and ready for bed, and also ready for 14 new people living in our cabin tomorrow! I'll post next whenever I get the chance!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Pictures and Pre-Camp
The first day of pre-camp has concluded and it was a busy and tiresome one. Everyday I meet new people, and the HSG unit officially played the "name game" to learn everyone's name. Playing the name game is a challenge with 46 people! Anywho, I thought i'd post a few pictures from online to show you some of the beautiful places I will be around campus this summer!
The Interlochen Bowl
Sunset on the Water
The Chapel
First Inside View of Corson Auditorium
Second Inside View of Corson Auditorium
The Creative Writing House
There are many other buildings at Interlochen where classes, dorms, and rehearsals are held that are as beautiful as these. The rest of my week is jam packed with meetings, activities, preparation for the campers, and meeting/getting to know all of the other counselors. It should be a busy busy summer, but no doubt a great one!
The Interlochen Bowl
Sunset on the Water
The Chapel
First Inside View of Corson Auditorium
Second Inside View of Corson Auditorium
The Creative Writing House
There are many other buildings at Interlochen where classes, dorms, and rehearsals are held that are as beautiful as these. The rest of my week is jam packed with meetings, activities, preparation for the campers, and meeting/getting to know all of the other counselors. It should be a busy busy summer, but no doubt a great one!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Summer Has Arrived!
I have finally arrived at Interlochen!
Thanks to Joseph for being super awesome and giving me a ride up to Interlochen and helping me move all my things into the cabin and getting me settled in.. As of right now, all 45 HSG (High School Girls) Staff are bunked in three different cabins until Wednesday. It's kinda cool because we'll all get a chance to know each other before the campers get here, but since we're moving out of our cabins Wednesday, none of us can really unpack, so the cabin is a mess with piles of suitcases crammed everywhere. It's like living out of a box again!
This evening we had a s'mores fire/mingling get together with the HSB (High School Boys) Staff. It was fun, but I feel like i've introduced myself SO many times today. There are about 70 ish of us High School Counselors, so there are quite a lot of introductions to still be had within the next week and the rest of the summer. It was great getting to meet people, and everyone is from all over...Michigan, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Arizona, California..So it's pretty cool to talk to different people from different places. Our get together is on the "Sun Decker" which is a pavilion type structure that over looks the lake in the HSG division. The picture below is what the sunset semi-looked like today, and will look like during the summer:
This week is going to be super busy with staff training, orientation, and plenty of name-games...woo. haha. Tomorrow will be a 6:30 AM wake up with breakfast at 7:15 AM and a list of meetings, activities, meals, and more meetings from 8:30 AM to 10 PM. LONG DAY. As will be the many ahead of me this summer, BUT... It's all okay because I'm here at Interlochen, and It's already looking like it will be a blast this summer. I am definitely looking forward to meeting more people tomorrow and getting my cabin assignments later this week.
Ciao for now!
Thanks to Joseph for being super awesome and giving me a ride up to Interlochen and helping me move all my things into the cabin and getting me settled in.. As of right now, all 45 HSG (High School Girls) Staff are bunked in three different cabins until Wednesday. It's kinda cool because we'll all get a chance to know each other before the campers get here, but since we're moving out of our cabins Wednesday, none of us can really unpack, so the cabin is a mess with piles of suitcases crammed everywhere. It's like living out of a box again!
This evening we had a s'mores fire/mingling get together with the HSB (High School Boys) Staff. It was fun, but I feel like i've introduced myself SO many times today. There are about 70 ish of us High School Counselors, so there are quite a lot of introductions to still be had within the next week and the rest of the summer. It was great getting to meet people, and everyone is from all over...Michigan, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Arizona, California..So it's pretty cool to talk to different people from different places. Our get together is on the "Sun Decker" which is a pavilion type structure that over looks the lake in the HSG division. The picture below is what the sunset semi-looked like today, and will look like during the summer:
This week is going to be super busy with staff training, orientation, and plenty of name-games...woo. haha. Tomorrow will be a 6:30 AM wake up with breakfast at 7:15 AM and a list of meetings, activities, meals, and more meetings from 8:30 AM to 10 PM. LONG DAY. As will be the many ahead of me this summer, BUT... It's all okay because I'm here at Interlochen, and It's already looking like it will be a blast this summer. I am definitely looking forward to meeting more people tomorrow and getting my cabin assignments later this week.
Ciao for now!
Monday, June 14, 2010
The Sounds of Summer
I don't think I have the ability to express to you how excited I am right now at this very moment.. I got some packing done!
Hooray...but no really.. that's not even close to why I am this excited..
Every summer at Interlochen, one of my most favorite things to do is to take a morning walk on main campus after breakfast and all my morning activities/rehearsals/duties are completed. The smell of the fresh morning dew being lifted off of the grass and trees by the warm northern Michigan sun, the smell of delicious coffee brewing at the coffee tent, and yes, even the smell of the musty Maddy Building is quite comforting. All these smells come together in a plethora of senses with memories that accompany them, but what makes the whole morning absolutely beautiful is the music that can be heard from Kresge. Even though the music is just rehearsals of the various high school ensembles, they all sound fantastic because....well...because it's Interlochen of course.
Why I am so excited today (and for the next 7 weeks) is because of the repertoire that is scheduled to be performed this summer. There are four high school ensembles: The World Youth Symphony Orchestra (A.K.A WYSO), The Interlochen Philharmonic, The World Youth Wind Symphony, and the Interlochen Symphony Band.
If you are musically inclined, or have any knowledge of classical music at all, you will see why I am so excited for this summer.. here is the complete repertoire list for all the high school groups this summer:
World Youth Symphony Orchestra
Week One
Variations on America--------------------------------------Ives/Schuman
Symphony No. 3---------------------------------------------Rorem
Star Spangled Banner---------------------------------------Smith/Williams
Stars and Stripes Forever----------------------------------Sousa
Week Two
Concerto for clarinet, K.622, A Major-----------------------Mozart
Pines of Rome-----------------------------------------------Respighi
Week Three
Rumanian Rhapsody,Op. 11, No. 1, A Major---------------------Enesco
Scheherazade-------------------------------------------------Rimsky-Korsakov
Week Four
Three Hallucinations------------------------------------------Corigliano
The Red Violin:Suite for Violin and Orchestra-----------------Corigliano
Kings Row Prelude---------------------------------------------Korngold
Concerto for Violin, Op. 35, D Major--------------------------Korngold
Star Wars Medley: Main Theme----------------------------------Williams/Burden
Week Five
Symphony No. 3, Op. 97, E-Flat Major--------------------------Schumann
Der Fliegende Holländer,WWV 63(the flying dutchman):Overture--Wagner/Hoffman
Week Six
Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, B. 178, E minor-----------------------Dvořák
Les Préludes--------------------------------------------------Liszt
Interlochen Philharmonic
Week One
RODEO FOUR DANCE EPISODES: Saturday Night Waltz---------------Copland
RODEO FOUR DANCE EPISODES: Buckaroo Holiday-------------------Copland
RODEO FOUR DANCE EPISODES: Corral Nocturne--------------------Copland
RODEO FOUR DANCE EPISODES: Hoe-Down---------------------------Copland
Ancient Desert Drone------------------------------------------Cowell
Grand Canyon Suite--------------------------------------------Grofé
Week Two
La belle Hélène: Overture-------------------------------------Offenbach
March from the Love of Three Oranges--------------------------Prokofiev
Preludio Sinfonico--------------------------------------------Puccini
The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta):Three Dances-------------Smetana
Possible Student Concerto Winner------------------------------TBD
Week Three
Carmen Suite No. 1--------------------------------------------Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 2--------------------------------------------Bizet
Escales (Ports of Call)---------------------------------------Ibert
Bolero--------------------------------------------------------Ravel
Possible Student Concert Winner-------------------------------TBD
Week Four
Rákóczy March "Hungarian March" from La damnation de Faust----Berlioz
Symphony No. 2, Op.30-----------------------------------------Hanson
Colas Breugnon, op.24 (Kola Bryun'yon): Overture--------------Kabalevsky
Prelude No. 14, Op. 34----------------------------------------Shostakovitch
Possible Student Concerto Winner------------------------------TBD
Week Five
Requiem, Op. 9------------------------------------------------Duruflé
Symphony No. 5, C Sharp minor---------------------------------Mahler
Week Six
Spartacus Suite No. 1-----------------------------------------Khachaturian
Spartacus Suite No. 2-----------------------------------------Khachaturian
Les Préludes--------------------------------------------------Liszt
Belkis, Queen of Sheba----------------------------------------Respighi
World Youth Wind Symphony
Week One
Marche Hongroise from The Damnation of Faust------------------Berlioz/Gotoh
Music for Prague----------------------------------------------Husa
Week Two
Ecstatic Waters-----------------------------------------------Bryant
Raise the Roof for Timpani and Symphonic Band-----------------Daugherty
Gloriosa------------------------------------------------------Ito
Week Three
Rusty Air in Carolina-----------------------------------------Bates
El Salon Mexico-----------------------------------------------Copland/Hindsley
Shoutout!-----------------------------------------------------Etezady
George Washington Bridge--------------------------------------Schumann
Week Four
My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish!-----------------------------------Bach/Reed
Festal Scenes: Jojôteki - "Matsuri"---------------------------Ito
Variations on America for Band--------------------------------Ives-Schumann/Rhoads
Aegean Festival Overture--------------------------------------Makris
Mother Earth (A Fanfare)--------------------------------------Maslanka
Psalm for Band------------------------------------------------Persichetti
Week Five
Aurora Awakes-------------------------------------------------Mackey
Symphony No. 4------------------------------------------------Maslanka
Week Six
Symphonic Concert March---------------------------------------Bonelli/Falcone
"Promise of Living" from The Tenderland-----------------------Copland/Singleton
Les Préludes--------------------------------------------------Liszt
Symphony No. 2------------------------------------------------Maslanka
Interlochen Symphony Band
Week One
Amazing Grace-------------------------------------------------Himes-Maldonado
Slava!--------------------------------------------------------Bernstein/Grundman
Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa-----------------------Hearshen
Elegy for a Young American------------------------------------Lo Presti
Fairest of the Fair March-------------------------------------Sousa Fennell
Symphony No. 2: III Apollo Unleashed--------------------------Ticheli
Blue Shades---------------------------------------------------Ticheli
Week Two
Dusk----------------------------------------------------------Bryant
The Immovable Do----------------------------------------------Grainger
Blithe Bells--------------------------------------------------Grainger
Laude---------------------------------------------------------Hanson
Canzona-------------------------------------------------------Mennin
Week Three
Prelude in the Dorian Mode------------------------------------De Cabézon/Grainger
Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn---------------------------------Dello Joio
Chaconne (In Memoriam…)---------------------------------------Nelson
Lyric Waltz from Jazz Suite No. 2-----------------------------Shostakovitch/De Meij
Dance I (from Jazz Suite No. 2)-------------------------------Shostakovitch/De Meij
Week Four
Candide Suite-------------------------------------------------Bernstein/Grundman
Early Light---------------------------------------------------Bremer
Contre Qui Rose-----------------------------------------------Lauridsen/Reynolds
Color---------------------------------------------------------Margolis
Week Five
Frenergy------------------------------------------------------Estacio
American Salute-----------------------------------------------Gould/Lang
Arabesque-----------------------------------------------------Hazo
Running Set---------------------------------------------------Vaughan Williams/Daehn
Sleep---------------------------------------------------------Whitacre
Week Six
Concert Piece No. 2 in E‐flat major, op.12--------------------Brandt
Les Préludes--------------------------------------------------Liszt
Give us this Day----------------------------------------------Maslanka
Fanfares------------------------------------------------------Smetana/Nelhybel
With Conductors like Jung-Ho Pak, Gary Green, David Hattner, Octavio Mas-Arocas, Donald McKinney, Stephen Pratt, Paul Salerni, Jerry Junkin, and Kevin Sedatole, need I say more?
Hooray...but no really.. that's not even close to why I am this excited..
Every summer at Interlochen, one of my most favorite things to do is to take a morning walk on main campus after breakfast and all my morning activities/rehearsals/duties are completed. The smell of the fresh morning dew being lifted off of the grass and trees by the warm northern Michigan sun, the smell of delicious coffee brewing at the coffee tent, and yes, even the smell of the musty Maddy Building is quite comforting. All these smells come together in a plethora of senses with memories that accompany them, but what makes the whole morning absolutely beautiful is the music that can be heard from Kresge. Even though the music is just rehearsals of the various high school ensembles, they all sound fantastic because....well...because it's Interlochen of course.
Why I am so excited today (and for the next 7 weeks) is because of the repertoire that is scheduled to be performed this summer. There are four high school ensembles: The World Youth Symphony Orchestra (A.K.A WYSO), The Interlochen Philharmonic, The World Youth Wind Symphony, and the Interlochen Symphony Band.
If you are musically inclined, or have any knowledge of classical music at all, you will see why I am so excited for this summer.. here is the complete repertoire list for all the high school groups this summer:
Week One
Variations on America--------------------------------------Ives/Schuman
Symphony No. 3---------------------------------------------Rorem
Star Spangled Banner---------------------------------------Smith/Williams
Stars and Stripes Forever----------------------------------Sousa
Week Two
Concerto for clarinet, K.622, A Major-----------------------Mozart
Pines of Rome-----------------------------------------------Respighi
Week Three
Rumanian Rhapsody,Op. 11, No. 1, A Major---------------------Enesco
Scheherazade-------------------------------------------------Rimsky-Korsakov
Week Four
Three Hallucinations------------------------------------------Corigliano
The Red Violin:Suite for Violin and Orchestra-----------------Corigliano
Kings Row Prelude---------------------------------------------Korngold
Concerto for Violin, Op. 35, D Major--------------------------Korngold
Star Wars Medley: Main Theme----------------------------------Williams/Burden
Week Five
Symphony No. 3, Op. 97, E-Flat Major--------------------------Schumann
Der Fliegende Holländer,WWV 63(the flying dutchman):Overture--Wagner/Hoffman
Week Six
Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, B. 178, E minor-----------------------Dvořák
Les Préludes--------------------------------------------------Liszt
Week One
RODEO FOUR DANCE EPISODES: Saturday Night Waltz---------------Copland
RODEO FOUR DANCE EPISODES: Buckaroo Holiday-------------------Copland
RODEO FOUR DANCE EPISODES: Corral Nocturne--------------------Copland
RODEO FOUR DANCE EPISODES: Hoe-Down---------------------------Copland
Ancient Desert Drone------------------------------------------Cowell
Grand Canyon Suite--------------------------------------------Grofé
Week Two
La belle Hélène: Overture-------------------------------------Offenbach
March from the Love of Three Oranges--------------------------Prokofiev
Preludio Sinfonico--------------------------------------------Puccini
The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta):Three Dances-------------Smetana
Possible Student Concerto Winner------------------------------TBD
Week Three
Carmen Suite No. 1--------------------------------------------Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 2--------------------------------------------Bizet
Escales (Ports of Call)---------------------------------------Ibert
Bolero--------------------------------------------------------Ravel
Possible Student Concert Winner-------------------------------TBD
Week Four
Rákóczy March "Hungarian March" from La damnation de Faust----Berlioz
Symphony No. 2, Op.30-----------------------------------------Hanson
Colas Breugnon, op.24 (Kola Bryun'yon): Overture--------------Kabalevsky
Prelude No. 14, Op. 34----------------------------------------Shostakovitch
Possible Student Concerto Winner------------------------------TBD
Week Five
Requiem, Op. 9------------------------------------------------Duruflé
Symphony No. 5, C Sharp minor---------------------------------Mahler
Week Six
Spartacus Suite No. 1-----------------------------------------Khachaturian
Spartacus Suite No. 2-----------------------------------------Khachaturian
Les Préludes--------------------------------------------------Liszt
Belkis, Queen of Sheba----------------------------------------Respighi
Week One
Marche Hongroise from The Damnation of Faust------------------Berlioz/Gotoh
Music for Prague----------------------------------------------Husa
Week Two
Ecstatic Waters-----------------------------------------------Bryant
Raise the Roof for Timpani and Symphonic Band-----------------Daugherty
Gloriosa------------------------------------------------------Ito
Week Three
Rusty Air in Carolina-----------------------------------------Bates
El Salon Mexico-----------------------------------------------Copland/Hindsley
Shoutout!-----------------------------------------------------Etezady
George Washington Bridge--------------------------------------Schumann
Week Four
My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish!-----------------------------------Bach/Reed
Festal Scenes: Jojôteki - "Matsuri"---------------------------Ito
Variations on America for Band--------------------------------Ives-Schumann/Rhoads
Aegean Festival Overture--------------------------------------Makris
Mother Earth (A Fanfare)--------------------------------------Maslanka
Psalm for Band------------------------------------------------Persichetti
Week Five
Aurora Awakes-------------------------------------------------Mackey
Symphony No. 4------------------------------------------------Maslanka
Week Six
Symphonic Concert March---------------------------------------Bonelli/Falcone
"Promise of Living" from The Tenderland-----------------------Copland/Singleton
Les Préludes--------------------------------------------------Liszt
Symphony No. 2------------------------------------------------Maslanka
Week One
Amazing Grace-------------------------------------------------Himes-Maldonado
Slava!--------------------------------------------------------Bernstein/Grundman
Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa-----------------------Hearshen
Elegy for a Young American------------------------------------Lo Presti
Fairest of the Fair March-------------------------------------Sousa Fennell
Symphony No. 2: III Apollo Unleashed--------------------------Ticheli
Blue Shades---------------------------------------------------Ticheli
Week Two
Dusk----------------------------------------------------------Bryant
The Immovable Do----------------------------------------------Grainger
Blithe Bells--------------------------------------------------Grainger
Laude---------------------------------------------------------Hanson
Canzona-------------------------------------------------------Mennin
Week Three
Prelude in the Dorian Mode------------------------------------De Cabézon/Grainger
Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn---------------------------------Dello Joio
Chaconne (In Memoriam…)---------------------------------------Nelson
Lyric Waltz from Jazz Suite No. 2-----------------------------Shostakovitch/De Meij
Dance I (from Jazz Suite No. 2)-------------------------------Shostakovitch/De Meij
Week Four
Candide Suite-------------------------------------------------Bernstein/Grundman
Early Light---------------------------------------------------Bremer
Contre Qui Rose-----------------------------------------------Lauridsen/Reynolds
Color---------------------------------------------------------Margolis
Week Five
Frenergy------------------------------------------------------Estacio
American Salute-----------------------------------------------Gould/Lang
Arabesque-----------------------------------------------------Hazo
Running Set---------------------------------------------------Vaughan Williams/Daehn
Sleep---------------------------------------------------------Whitacre
Week Six
Concert Piece No. 2 in E‐flat major, op.12--------------------Brandt
Les Préludes--------------------------------------------------Liszt
Give us this Day----------------------------------------------Maslanka
Fanfares------------------------------------------------------Smetana/Nelhybel
With Conductors like Jung-Ho Pak, Gary Green, David Hattner, Octavio Mas-Arocas, Donald McKinney, Stephen Pratt, Paul Salerni, Jerry Junkin, and Kevin Sedatole, need I say more?
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Pre-Camp
As of today, I have pretty much one week until I head up to Interlochen. How Exciting! For how lazy I've been the past week or two, there definitely is a LOT to get done...and yes I STILL haven't started packing... whoops. I should win an award for procrastination or something. :) Well.. I guess that's not completely true.. I DID start packing some things up for college in the Fall. my room is FULL of piles of clothes and other stuff, I'm finding it hard to differentiate between college and camp..this WILL be my project for this week..I PROMISE.
I went shopping at Target the other day and got all my camp necessities, like toothpaste, deodorant, stamps, paper, envelops, shampoo..ect. I didn't realize how much stuff i needed until I actually paid for it all, boo! Oh well, life goes on...
The first things on my list of "what to pack" are all my college things. I have a whole bin full of towels..beach towels, shower towels, hand towels, kitchen towels..along with a shower curtain and bathroom rugs..SO much stuff for just a bathroom! There is also another bin full of wintry clothes, and other clothes that I will not need for camp. Then there's the SHOE BIN. This bin is full of shoes that I won't wear at camp, such as all my dress heels, and winter boots and sneakers. i still have one last empty bin to fill college things with, and I might have to buy one or two more so fit everything else in.. not to mention the bigger things I need to purchase which include: A Car, Pots & Pans, A Bed, and Closet Storage.. I think my mommy will be helping me out with a few of those on the list hopefully while i'm gone up north..that would make things a heck of a lot easier on me come August. After camp concludes-which is august 9th- I will be heading back to Plymouth for a couple days to do laundry and finalize everything, then It's back to KZoo for the rest of the year!
I am so unbelievably excited for the fall, and moving into my townhouse with my three friends in the clarinet studio that I just cannot wait! I will be the last one to move in, but I am still incredibly excited for the Fall.
The past month and a half home has been nice seeing and spending time with everybody, but I definitely think It's time for me to move back out and "do my own thing". I love my family very, very much, but everyone's schedules and personalities have changed quite a bit since I've been away at college. I knew that was going to happen, but it makes things feel a lot more foreign than before.
All is well though, I will get my packing done somehow, and I definitely inherited my packing skills from my mother, so that should help as well! One week left!!
I went shopping at Target the other day and got all my camp necessities, like toothpaste, deodorant, stamps, paper, envelops, shampoo..ect. I didn't realize how much stuff i needed until I actually paid for it all, boo! Oh well, life goes on...
The first things on my list of "what to pack" are all my college things. I have a whole bin full of towels..beach towels, shower towels, hand towels, kitchen towels..along with a shower curtain and bathroom rugs..SO much stuff for just a bathroom! There is also another bin full of wintry clothes, and other clothes that I will not need for camp. Then there's the SHOE BIN. This bin is full of shoes that I won't wear at camp, such as all my dress heels, and winter boots and sneakers. i still have one last empty bin to fill college things with, and I might have to buy one or two more so fit everything else in.. not to mention the bigger things I need to purchase which include: A Car, Pots & Pans, A Bed, and Closet Storage.. I think my mommy will be helping me out with a few of those on the list hopefully while i'm gone up north..that would make things a heck of a lot easier on me come August. After camp concludes-which is august 9th- I will be heading back to Plymouth for a couple days to do laundry and finalize everything, then It's back to KZoo for the rest of the year!
I am so unbelievably excited for the fall, and moving into my townhouse with my three friends in the clarinet studio that I just cannot wait! I will be the last one to move in, but I am still incredibly excited for the Fall.
The past month and a half home has been nice seeing and spending time with everybody, but I definitely think It's time for me to move back out and "do my own thing". I love my family very, very much, but everyone's schedules and personalities have changed quite a bit since I've been away at college. I knew that was going to happen, but it makes things feel a lot more foreign than before.
All is well though, I will get my packing done somehow, and I definitely inherited my packing skills from my mother, so that should help as well! One week left!!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Pre-Pre-Camp
To start off, I created this blog so that I can post pictures, stories and my day-to-day activities while at Interlochen Arts Camp for the summer. Cell Phones and Computers are not permitted to be used by or around the campers, so I figured a blog would come in handy so that I could post lots of information all at once! :)
Alright, now that you get the idea, it's time for a little Pre-Pre-Camp Discussion. I have MASSIVE amounts of packing to do. Procrastination has been breathing down my neck for the past month and I've let the aroma of it's breath engulf me. No more! Lots of College stuff has to be re-organized and packed away and everything for camp this summer has to be laid out into piles and packed before June 20th. 17 more days and counting! I will be at camp for a total of Seven Weeks, and I am a HUGE culprit of over packing... I just have to tell myself that I can do it! Some things are already laid out in piles, and since there is a uniform at Interlochen, it helps a great deal with not bringing too many clothes.
As many of you know, I was a camper at Interlochen for three summers. I cannot explain to you in words most of the experiences I've had, but I can say that Interlochen is a little strip of Musical Heaven. As a camper in the Two-Week All State Division (only available to Michigan residents) my uniform consisted of the Blue Polo, Navy Blue Shorts, and Yellow Socks. All the divisions at Interlochen are color coordinated by colored socks for girls and colored belts for boys. Here's a quick list of the divisions and their colors:
High School- Light Blue Belts/Socks
Intermediate- Red Belts/Socks
Junior- Navy Blue Belts/Socks
Each division also is identified by lanyards worn around the neck with a name tag attached to it. The same color scheme as the socks and belts apply. Staff members and counselors also wear Navy blue socks, but we are also allowed to wear white socks as well and we have orange lanyards with a photo i.d. attached to it.
So back to my tidbit of how camping at Interlochen was wonderful; I am extremely excited to return to the camp as a counselor and to meet new friends and musicians from all over the country and world. June 1st I started my countdown to Interlochen, so as of today I have 17 more days. There is so much to do, and while i'm packing, shopping and scrambling to get everything done, I'll post a few more entries before I go!
Alright, now that you get the idea, it's time for a little Pre-Pre-Camp Discussion. I have MASSIVE amounts of packing to do. Procrastination has been breathing down my neck for the past month and I've let the aroma of it's breath engulf me. No more! Lots of College stuff has to be re-organized and packed away and everything for camp this summer has to be laid out into piles and packed before June 20th. 17 more days and counting! I will be at camp for a total of Seven Weeks, and I am a HUGE culprit of over packing... I just have to tell myself that I can do it! Some things are already laid out in piles, and since there is a uniform at Interlochen, it helps a great deal with not bringing too many clothes.
As many of you know, I was a camper at Interlochen for three summers. I cannot explain to you in words most of the experiences I've had, but I can say that Interlochen is a little strip of Musical Heaven. As a camper in the Two-Week All State Division (only available to Michigan residents) my uniform consisted of the Blue Polo, Navy Blue Shorts, and Yellow Socks. All the divisions at Interlochen are color coordinated by colored socks for girls and colored belts for boys. Here's a quick list of the divisions and their colors:
High School- Light Blue Belts/Socks
Intermediate- Red Belts/Socks
Junior- Navy Blue Belts/Socks
Each division also is identified by lanyards worn around the neck with a name tag attached to it. The same color scheme as the socks and belts apply. Staff members and counselors also wear Navy blue socks, but we are also allowed to wear white socks as well and we have orange lanyards with a photo i.d. attached to it.
So back to my tidbit of how camping at Interlochen was wonderful; I am extremely excited to return to the camp as a counselor and to meet new friends and musicians from all over the country and world. June 1st I started my countdown to Interlochen, so as of today I have 17 more days. There is so much to do, and while i'm packing, shopping and scrambling to get everything done, I'll post a few more entries before I go!
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