Stories

Girls hugging with violins
A season of joy, music, and making up for lost time

Jake Goldwasser and John Beery pose with two vintage saxophones.
Breathing new wind into an Interlochen treasure

A blonde-haired female conductor leads an orchestra.
Five questions with New Zealand-born WYSO conductor Gemma New

A bearded man smiles while listening to music through a pair of headphones.
Classical conductor Jader Bignamini is jealous of jazz musicians. Here’s why.

A conductor wearing a white shirt raises his hands and smiles at his orchestra.
Willy Wonka’s orchestra: Jung-Ho Pak inspires joy as a conductor

Ken and Carol Boyd with scholarship recipients Martin M. and Christopher J.
‘No better gift’: Donors create family legacy with endowed Camp scholarships

Stanford Thompson
Creating opportunities through collaboration

A student wearing a pink shirt smiles and lifts her arms as if dancing.
In pictures: Arts Camp 2023

Joseph Alessi
Seven questions with New York Philharmonic principal trombonist Joseph Alessi

A group of students sitting in an auditorium smile and raise their phones with flashlights turned on.
The year in pictures: Arts Academy 2022-23