and no concerts are scheduled. Col-
lege and staff who have a chance
to take trips to Lake Michigan
for beach parties, drive to Frank-
fort to climb the Dunes, or if
nothing more imaginative can be
devised make the 14 mile trip to
Traverse City
Many forms of recreation are
found in camp, from sweaty bas-
ketball games, to sailing and swim-
ming, to bridge games in the
college hangout, the "Minny"
(Minnesota) Building.
Many college students spend
their time outside credit classes in
non-credit musical activities: Fes-
tival Choir, Honors Orchestra, im-
promptu ensembles and for the
first time in five years, opera.
UNTIL five years ago the Uni-
versity Division sponsored cred-
it courses in opera. Each summer
several short America operas and
two major operas such as "Car-
men," and "La Boheme," were per-
formed.
The program was discontinued
because the University expanded
its opera program on campus and
it was felt the two programs were
unnecessary duplication. Each
summer the University Summer
Session produces one opera, while
Interlochen was reduced to a High
School Gilbert and Sullivan Pro-
duction as its lone operatic effort.
With the formation of the
American Opera Workshop this
summer this deficiency will be
remedied. The Workshop will pro- a
duce twenty-one American operas
during the eight week season with
all phases of Opera production be-
ing emphasized.
The University's relation to the
Workshop can be compared to the
relationship between music school
and the Gilbert and Sullivan So-
ciety on campus, according to Prof.
Britton. Students participating in
the Workshop can either be en-
rolled full-time or may take a
limited number of University cred-
it courses through the University
Concentrated Study
Plus Relaxation
Festival Choir and University Orchestra give a concert in the woods
Artistic Setting for Young Artists
By DANIEL WOLTER
N 1928 members of The National vides a full schedule of dramatic the contact with many students Last summer 175 students were Division.
High School Orchestra first took events, but also. offers courses in with similar goals and ambitions enrolled in the University Division,
to the woods outside the insignifi- radio and television production. offers stimulation impossible to 41 from the University. As many lHE UNIVERSITY association
cant little town of Interlochen, Behind all activities is a philos- find on the summer campus, more college students work full T with the National Music Camp
Michigan, for a summer of con- ophy based on two words, concen- While the camp itself forms a time at camp, most as counselors. provides an expansion of offerings,
centrated musical study and per- tration and competition, superb laboratory for music edu- The latter group usually are at- not duplication. Only those courses
formance. According to Founder and Pres- cation students and in - service tracted to the camp because they necessary to any basic college pro-
This year 1,300 eight - week ident Prof. Joseph E. Maddy, the teachers, Prof. Britton says most have an interest in music or some necessuch as elementary music
campers, 800 two-week (All-State) camp is designed for "young peo- students enroll in the Division be- other art, and the surroundings gtheory and Speech e31,n are dui-
campers, and a faculty and staff of ple with superior talent, energy cause they are interested primarily seem ideal for a combination ofa d Sp.
over 500 will participate in the and ambition who are capable of in performance; other benefits are work and relaxation. Despite the budget cuts suffered
32nd Season of The National Mu- learning more quickly than aver- peripheral. While most enjoy their summer, e iet ect
sic Camp. age students for whom our educa- Opportunities for performance and a fairly high proportion re-the prUgrmanticipated beaus
Because the Camp is affiliated tional system is, of necessity, de- are far 'more extensive than in turn, the combination of job obli- it is completely supported by stu-
with the University, and because signed." Most persons after a most other musical environments. gations and the incessant activity dent fees
the University Division of the summer at camp, agree they ac- In 1958, 320 programs were given surrounding one sometimes frus-
Camp is one of the most active complish more than in a year or during the eight week season. If trstes, and usually exhausts, Yet After all activities have been
off-campus programs of the Uni- two under normal conditions, one was interested, it was possible most find the experience healthy, discussed, many which sound simi-
to hear a nine-year-old clarinet- unless too many trips to the Hoff- lar to programs offered elsewhere,
sion he poMichigan h ummer Di HE BI problem for the c amp ist's performance of Brahm's brau, the Interlochen equivalent the essential differences between
sion, and indirectly the entire staff (for six weeks, at least) "Cradle Song," then later in the of "the Old G.," interfere with the Camp and other places can be
Music Camp. fills as an adjunct of is to insure no tudent goes com- evening attend a performance of 6:55 reveille. traced to the philosophy of con-
Brahm's "German Requiem," per- centration and competition. "Do
the University may be examined pletely overboard in his engross-Brhs'rmnRqi,'p-
through the interests of and bene- ment in arts activity, formed by the several hundred BOTH University campers and more in less time,' is an old camp
fits to individualrstudents,n Some balance is achieved voice Festival Choir with Univer- staff personnel enjoy periodic motto.
Campers raging in through the extensive recreational sity Orchestra, escapes from camp routine. While the philosophy occasion-
Cih perstraglnhoon ae fro facilities available (no baseball Since Sunday is the biggest day ally backfires -high school stu-
eight years to adulthood partici- though, because a promising mu- ANY University campers also for concerts, the week begins on dents begin to feel some pressure
pate in programs suitable to their sician once suffered a broken fin- work part-time in food-serv- Tuesday and ends on Saturday, so during the sixth and seventh
hterests and abilities. . ge which cut short his caseer) ice stage crews and similar jobs. Monday is reserved for relaxation, weeks, incidents such as the en-
divisions: Junior-grades three to and participation is mandatory tire trumpt section walking out
diiin:Jmrgae he o Regular scial events cosie- of sectional rehearsal "on strike"
six, Intermediate---grades seven to sRegdlarocteioal events coe on "Black Friday," the day when
six, iterm hodianrdesUsvensty ponding to the normal events of all high school musicians compete
nine, High School nd Univerity. more typical summer camps also;s m s
ach helpsinnmaisctainingdsomedbalanceidivisionifunctions mdlpend.in tryouts for rank (and solo
ently having its own schedule, The University Division has a parts) have marred the camp
though certain special programs somewhat diirerent appeal f is soutine in the past-the results
and events include all campers. msembers. Many ollege students, usually offer sufficient justifica-
EARLY all types of musical ac- particularly music students, fol- * ion
tivity are offered: nine choral ow the heoay" cheduleequia h THE NIVERSITY provides an-
and opera groups, four bands and school student encouno at camp other service by sponsoring All-
many wind ensembles, the na tion's Consequently, though they may . State bands, orchestras, choir, dra-
most comprehensive orchestral work as hard or harder at Camp ma and piano sessions of two
training school with eight orches- than on campus, a change of weeks length at the Camp.
teas ranging from elementary to scenery and routine becomes a ;4f Many universities sponsor all-
university level, individual instruc- necessity. state groups which meet on their
tion for beginners and young vir- Interlochen offers this change. campuses, but the unique atmos-
tuosi, classes in all phases of mu- Prof. Allen P. Britton, Director of phere of the Camp provides the
sic including conductin, th ory, the University Division, says the finest experience possible for Mich-
composition, and lilerature, and attraction of the Camp is obvious. igan students.
more specialized activities such as And for those who have seen the A major problem remains-the
piano tuning, string - instrument Camp this is true. coot has increasingly tended to
repair, electronics and other.. concentra students in the upper-
Yet music is not the only art SITUATED in a pine forest be- middle and upper class income
represented at the camp. Speech, tween two lakes, Wahbekan- brackets, and although an exten-
dance and art departments offer a netta, and Wahbekaness (more sive scholarship program has been
wide variety of opportunities. The prosaically known as Green and maintained through income from
Speech department not, only pro- Duck Lakes), the urroundings scholarship lodges rented by visi-
have an appeal which even Ann - tors, the camp still excludes some
Daniel Wolter has spent Arbor in summertime cannot talent and admits a small group
seven summers at Interlochn. match. <rof monied mediocrities. This prob-
Although a senior in English Besides the physical surround- ^, lem will not be solved satisfactorily
honors, he expresses" strong Ings and climate, which is not all ~ + until a large endowment fund is
esipformings e sunshine (Have you tried to keep established, and admission de-
n itenin" erformin. as a violin tuned during an outdoor An intermediate division ensemble supervised by a U-M student pends solely on talent and ambi-
rehearsal in a steady downpour?) shows laboratory advantages of the Camp to a prospective teacher. tion.
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