- Academy students participate in more than 250 artistic presentations each school year, both on campus and through tours and outreach programs throughout the region.
- During the 2007-2008 Academy year, 25 students won youngARTS awards from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA). Six students were named as finalists and three were named semi-finalists as Presidential Scholars in the Arts.
- Creative writers from the Academy are routinely recognized at a national level. Fourteen writers have been selected as Presidential Scholars in the Arts, more than any other school in the nation. In 2008, three students were awarded National Silver Portfolio Awards and two received National Gold Awards from Scholastic.
- Dance majors are routinely accepted to their first choice university programs. Recent graduates are dancing in professional ballet and modern dance companies as well as on Broadway.
- Recent Academy music majors have received honors from numerous associations including Morton Gould, ASCAP, Downbeat, Falcone, Fischoff, Percussive Arts Society, Lennox International Young Artists Competition and Michigan Music Teachers Association. Students make regular appearances on Public Radio International’s nationally broadcast radio program, From the Top.
- The theatre division has had 18 youngARTS finalists, including one Presidential Scholar, since 2001. The program regularly places graduates in all major audition-based college and conservatory programs across the world, including The Juilliard School, Carnegie Mellon, Rutgers, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and the Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts.
- The visual arts department places students in art schools, colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. Recent student artwork has been displayed in the White House and at the Vatican. In 2008 three students won National Key Awards in the Scholastic Publishing Art & Writing Awards.
Presidential Scholars
Since 1980, 39 Interlochen graduates have been chosen as Presidential Scholars in the Arts/Academics, more than any other high school in the United States.
National Recognition
Interlochen Center for the Arts is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, our nation’s highest honor in the arts. This award was established by Congress in 1984 and is given by the President of the United States to honor individuals and organizations that have encouraged the arts and inspired others.
