Summer Alumni Series
We invite you to revisit your Interlochen memories and join us on campus this summer. The Office of Engagement is offering all alumni a 25% discount on up to four tickets for each of the remaining performances in our series, along with special receptions to gather with fellow alumni, staff, faculty, and friends.
Use code SUMMERALUM24 at checkout to buy your discounted tickets to any of the remaining performances and come back to Interlochen. We want to see you!
If you can't make it back to campus this summer, you don't have to miss the magic. Interlochen webcasts many student performances and special Camp gatherings throughout the summer. Watch online.
Sunday, July 14
World Youth Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Straw, conductor
Strasbourg National Opera Studio Assistant Conductor Matthew Straw leads the World Youth Symphony Orchestra in an expressive program of works that spans from the classical era to the present. Under Straw’s baton, the ensemble will perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Claude Debussy’s La mer, and the Michigan premiere of Bobby Ge’s “Sighting the Swallow” (commissioned in partnership with the New York Youth Symphony).
6:30 p.m. | Pre-performance reception (Apollo Hall)
7:30 p.m. | World Youth Symphony Orchestra with Matthew Straw, conductor (Kresge Auditorium)
Use discount code SUMMERALUM24 at checkout to save 25% on up to four tickets.
Sunday, July 21
World Youth Symphony Orchestra
Jader Bignamini, conductor
See the classical musicians of tomorrow side-by-side with today’s leading instrumentalists as members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra perform with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra. Detroit Symphony Orchestra Music Director Jader Bignamini leads the combined ensemble in Giuseppe Verdi’s Overture to Nabucco and Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, “From the New World.”
6:30 p.m. | Pre-performance reception (Apollo Hall)
7:30 p.m. | World Youth Symphony Orchestra with Jader Bignamini, conductor(Kresge Auditorium)
Use discount code SUMMERALUM24 at checkout to save 25% on up to four tickets.
Sunday, July 28
World Youth Symphony Orchestra
Rebecca Tong, conductor
Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra Resident Conductor Rebecca Tong joins the World Youth Symphony Orchestra for a program of new works and enduring favorites. The La Maestra Competition winner guides the ensemble through the Michigan premiere of Alex Berko’s “Condense Eternity” (commissioned in partnership with the New York Youth Symphony) and Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations, Op. 36.
6:30 p.m. | Pre-performance reception (Apollo Hall)
7:30 p.m. | World Youth Symphony Orchestra with Rebecca Tong conductor (Kresge Auditorium)
Use discount code SUMMERALUM24 at checkout to save 25% on up to four tickets.
Sunday, August 4
World Youth Symphony Orchestra and "Les Préludes"
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Witness the moving finale of Interlochen Arts Camp’s 2024 season with the 97th annual performance of “Les Préludes.” Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director JoAnn Falletta and the World Youth Symphony Orchestra open the evening with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol and Carlos Simon’s Tales: A Folklore Symphony. The program concludes with a powerful performance of Franz Liszt’s “Les Préludes” by the Interlochen Summer Dance Ensemble and the Camp’s combined high school instrumental ensembles.
7:30 p.m. | World Youth Symphony Orchestra with JoAnn Falletta, conductor (Interlochen Bowl)
9:30 p.m. | Post-performance reception (Apollo Hall)
This event is free, but make plans to line up early. Or, join us for the featured webcast.
Interlochen Arts Festival
Looking to catch a concert that's not on the list? View the full list of Interlochen Arts Festival concerts and events and make plans to attend.
The Summer Alumni Series promo code is not applicable for these events.
Can't join us on campus?
If you can't make it back to campus this summer, you don't have to miss the magic. Interlochen webcasts many student performances and special Camp gatherings throughout the summer.