College of Creative Arts Programs

July 28 - Aug. 1, 2025

Improve your guitar skills and find lasting inspiration in an engaging, five-day retreat.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

June 23 - 28, 2025

Join adult singers from across the United States and around the world to experience the joy of choral singing in a challenging, supportive, and friendly environment.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

June 22, 2025 | July 13, 2025

Join fellow Camp Parents and Grandparents on opening day of Interlochen Arts Camp to experience an arts education for yourself at Interlochen.

Mar. 8 - Apr. 26, 2025

A fun, creative way for parents and their children to connect and learn dance together. 

June 4 - 6, 2025

Collaborate with fellow brass players in both large and small chamber ensembles and receive group instruction focusing on intonation, dynamics, balance, and overall sound production.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

July 20 - 22, 2025

Immerse yourself in the rich, resonant world of the cello during this multi-day workshop, designed for cellists of all levels.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

August 11 - 16, 2025

Strengthen your skills and develop your musicianship as you play, polish, and perform great works of chamber music under the guidance of accomplished string, keyboard, and woodwind musicians.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

July 16 - 19, 2025

Gain valuable skills, hone techniques, and enjoy the camaraderie of fellow Chapman Stick players in a one-of-a-kind four-day workshop.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

June 23 - 28, 2025

The 2025 Choral Conducting Institute invites applications from conductors and conducting students for a unique six days of choral singing and sessions focused primarily on the art of rehearsing.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

May 2 - 4, 2025

Explore the fulfilling world of drawing fundamentals and hone your observational skills as an artist in this three-day, hands-on workshop with a world-class artist-educator.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

July 6 - 12, 2025

Strengthen your flute skills through personalized coaching, repertoire readings, and ensemble performance.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

July 9 - 11, 2025 | Aug. 8 - 9, 2025

With gorgeous lakeviews framed by seasonal foliage, you will have an inspiring environment in which to practice your art.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Apr. 25 - 27, 2025

Learn a concrete, step-by-step process for planning, drafting, and sharing your true stories with a published memoir writer.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

June 4 - August 27, 2025

Interlochen’s Nature & Art Series offers a variety of two-hour programs focusing on creative exploration of nature, art, and food. Our goal is to inspire adult learners to interact with our local environment in a positive way. We explore conservation, artistry, sustainability, and ecology while providing an educational and exciting learning experience for all.

July 13 - 16, 2025

Take a break from the fast-paced, tech-driven world and rediscover your connection to nature and art in this three-day retreat.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

May 3, 2025

Strengthen your ability to write about challenging issues that we face in our world today.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Flexible

Find the perfect course, certificate program, or private lesson to hone your writing skills. Explore fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, novel writing, and more.

Flexible

Find the perfect course, certificate program, or private lesson to strengthen your technique. Explore movement for musical theatre, ballet, contemporary dance, choreography, and more.

Flexible

Find the perfect course, certificate program, or private lesson to bring your cinematic visions to live. Write your script, create your shot lists, refine your storyboard, and more.

Flexible

Find the perfect course, certificate program, or private lesson to unlock your musical potential. Explore music performance in any instrument, songwriting, production, theory, composition, and more.

Flexible

Find the perfect course, certificate program, or private lesson to help you shine on the stage or screen. Explore acting for TV and film, musical theatre, auditioning, scene study, navigating the acting business, and more.

Flexible

Find the perfect course, certificate program, or private lesson to develop your artistic skills. Refine your technique or explore a new medium, such as drawing, oil painting, graphic design, animation, and more.

June 6 - 8, 2025

Open to artists of all skill levels, this three-day workshop offers instruction in how to paint landscapes with a shoreline and a lake from start to finish.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

April 25 - 27, 2025

Modern life constantly takes us out of the present moment. We are overwhelmed, worried about the future, and pulled in too many directions. Poetry can return us to the present, allowing us to express ourselves in creative ways.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Mar. 8 - Apr. 26, 2025

Come join our social dance classes where people of all ages come together to learn various dance styles in a fun and welcoming environment. Whether you're a beginner or experienced dancer, everyone's invited to join in.

June 6 - 8, 2025

Develop your songwriting skills in a supportive, inspiring environment at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Open to all levels, the Songwriting Retreat will feature instruction from Interlochen's world-class faculty and a surprise guest artist.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

June 16 - 18, 2025

Whether you're looking to improve your technique, learn new repertoire, or simply enjoy playing in a string ensemble, the String Orchestra Retreat is for you.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

August 5 - 10, 2025

Become immersed in the vibrant world of instrumental music. You’ll participate in daily ensemble rehearsals, sectionals, and chamber music reading sessions. You’ll also enjoy opportunities to attend master classes and play side-by-side with Interlochen’s world-class faculty in both rehearsals and performances.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Oct. 25, 2025

Whether you are an absolute beginner or an intermediate player, participants in Uketoberfest 2025 will have the opportunity to meet others in the ukulele community and develop or enhance their skills on this diminutive, yet dynamic instrument.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Apr. 26, 2025

Join us for a half-day or full-day and get yourself up to speed with the ukulele! Register for the morning or afternoon session, or spend the whole day with Ben Hassenger for a package price. Loaner instruments are available.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

June 8 - 13, 2025

The program features engaging class sessions, provocative faculty presentations, and faculty and participant readings—plus ample opportunities to explore Interlochen’s campus, mingle with other writers, and write independently amidst the serenity of nature.

Counts toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs)