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drinking or taking drugs is
sent home. Any child with
reasonable flexibility has no
difficulty here. It is not the
place for a real nonconfor-
mist, except in the arts."
Kira Bernstein loves the
flute and thinks she wants to
play it as a profession. The
13-year-old from San Diego,
Calif. said she likes In-
terlochen because everyone
takes their major seriously.
"My flute teacher went
here and I came to learn if
this is what I really want to
do' Bernstein said. "My
friends at home don't unders-
tand how important my
music is to me. They know I
practice every night, but they
still call and try to distract
me. I practice here three
hours a day and we rehearse
two hours a day."
Many of the students apply
for scholarships to attend In-
terlochen. "Students audition
for the scholarships that the
different sponsors offer," Billie
Thompson explained.
"Theoretically, the best musi-
cian from every state wins the
governor's scholarship."
Luby said the music camp
recruits for the musicians
they need and the students
send in tapes to audition for
scholarships. "Interlochen
gives over $1 million in
scholarships, he said. Many of
the scholarships are awarded
to musicians who will per-
form in the prestigious World
Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Orit Feldman, a violinist
from Cape Town, South
Africa, won a full scholarship
to Interlochen. Feldman, 15,
is in the U.S. for the first time.
"I knew people who had
been here and I've been hop-
ing to come for a long time:'
Feldman said. "Twelve people
tried out in the preliminaries
and four in the finals. I was
so excited when I won.'
Feldman said her whole day
is devoted to music. "I prac-
tice four to five hours a day.
I try to go to faculty concerts
and student recitals at night.
Interlochen is an artistic
paradise. It is opening up op-
portunities and avenues of
ideas. It's incredible to see
what other people have
achieved and to be in a sur-
rounding where people share
the same interests."
Feldman's family left
Russia in 1971. She was born
in Israel. "My family is trying
to come to the States, but
they do not qualify for the lin-
migration laws:' Feldman
said. "My father got a posi-
tion in South Africa, but I've
always loved music and there
is so much opportunity in the
States."
Feldman's violin teacher,
Dr. Edward Shmider, calls her

an outstandingly talented
musician. "She's one of the
most talented students I've
had," Shmider said. A Rus-
sian refugee, Shmider is a
professor of violin at the
University of Southern
California.
"I'm fortunate to teach the
most talented kids here," he
said. "I saw a movie about In-
terlochen in Russia. Russia
has an extremely cultural art
society, but they do not have
summer music camps for
children!'
This is Shmider's fourth
summer at Interlochen. He
left Russia seven years ago
with part of his family after
tyring for seven years to
leave. His wife, Laura, also
teaches violin at Interlochen.
Shmider said he is seeing
smaller numbers of Jewish
kids because he feels the
Jewish values have changed. -
"Most of the students take
general education:' he said.
"The time when Jewish musi-
cians were everywhere is
almost past."
In addition to teaching
violin at the conservatory in
Russia, Shmider also gave
private lessons. He finds the
most talented students here
are comparable to the
students in Russia. "A small
percent of the students here
will become soloists and
chamber players," he said.
"Some will be orchestral
musicians, but the majority
will be music lovers.
"There is a strong competi-
tion among the upper ten per-
cent of the students. Only the
winners of the concerto com-
petition can play solo. The or-
chestral program here is
quite extraordinary."
Yoram Yungerman, one of
four students from Israel, won
a scholarship in the violin
competition. At 17, this is his
first venture out of Israel.
"There is a camp in Israel
that has a connection to this
camp," Yungerman said. "It is
very nice here, but it gets col-
der and it rains more than in
Israel."
A member of the World
Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Yungerman says as a musi-
cian he has to be ready all the
time. "There are-weekly com-
petitions for positions in the
orchestra;' he said. "You
always want to challenge the
person in the chair before you
and move up to a higher chair.
"There are 120 violinists
here. Most of them want to be
professionals."
While every camper need
not be a virtuoso, Interlochen
is not for the faint hearted.
The day begins at 6:50 a.m.
and ends at 10 p.m. "The
summer is an intensive lear-
ning experience," Dr. Luby

