Studio A

A quartet of Interlochen senior horn majors performed competition repertoire in IPR's Studio A ahead of their performance in South Bend later this month.

Guitarist Lenny Ranallo and pianist Yolanda Tapia bridge classical and folk traditions in their upcoming recital of Latin American sonatas.

Diana Wyenn is the creative director for Interlochen's Imagine US: Celebrating America at 250 tour. Wyenn recently spoke with Classical IPR about her vision for the upcoming Imagine US: Celebrating America at 250 tour and how the program is bringing together all of Interlochen's arts areas to celebrate the past, present and future of the United States. The tour program includes the premiere of a new cello concerto, composed by Wynton Marsalis. The students are also performing the Symphony no. 4 by Charles Ives and RE|Member, a work by Reena Esmail. All of these pieces are woven together with multidisciplinary elements, presented by students called "devisors." In her role as creative director for the tour, Wyenn helped shape the program and worked with Interlochen Arts Academy students to create the multidisciplinary content linking the pieces of music. Interlochen Arts Academy's Imagine US: Celebrating America at 250 tour begins Saturday, March 7, 2026 in Interlochen with additional stops in Detroit, Philadelphia and Boston.

Clarinetist Katia Waxman, oboist Daniel Gurevich and pianist Ya-Ju Chuang played the final movement of the Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Piano by Bill Douglas and spoke with IPR's Amanda Sewell. These three Interlochen faculty musicians will perform with guest flutist Alisa Smith in two recitals of woodwind chamber music with piano. The program features works by Eugène Bozza, Joseph Horovitz, Claude Debussy and Bill Douglas will be held on Saturday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Alluvion, part of the Interlochen in Town series. The musicians will also give an informal preview of the recital in the Music Center at Interlochen Center for the Arts on Thursday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m.

This year's Detroit Opera Resident Artists Brianna J. Robinson, Mia Mandineau, Cole Bellamy and Travis Leon Williams and Head of Music Nathalie Doucet visited IPR's Studio A during their annual residency with Interlochen Arts Academy students. Each musician answered the same four questions, and then they performed. Jacques Offenbach, "Barcarolle" from "Les Contes d'Hoffman" (Mia Mandineau and Brianna J. Robinson) Johann Strauss II, The Champagne Quartet from "Die Fledermaus" (Mia Mandineau, Brianna J. Robinson, Travis Leon Williams and Cole Bellamy)

The ensemble celebrates its tenth annual "Winter Songs and Carols" concert this month. Members Michael Beery, Sam Clark, Laura Hood, Lauren Murphy and Jeanmarie Riccobono visited IPR's Studio A to give a preview of the music on this weekend's concerts. They also spoke about the departure of Manitou Winds founder and artistic director Jason McKinney earlier this year and how they as an ensemble remain committed to their goals for the future.

Pianists, friends and Interlochen Arts Academy students Helen Nguyen and Kieran Alston brought music of Felix Mendelssohn, John Corigliano and George Gershwin to IPR's Studio A.

The Loch Ness Monsters perform in Studio A ahead of this Thursday's brass and percussion concert. They came to Studio A to discuss the unique quirks and challenges of playing with a chamber ensemble consisting solely of trombones.

Mia Safdie, Hailey Culp and Yunpeng Yang, all piano students at Interlochen, preview the Academy's upcoming Dr. Rosalyn Tureck Memorial Concert.

From Carnegie Hall to the Metropolitan Opera, renowned baritone Gordon Hawkins has shared the operatic stage with Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, and Grace Bumbry. His roles over his career have included title roles in "Rigoletto" and "Porgy and Bess," as well as Alberich in the "Ring" cycle, Baron Scarpia in "Tosca" and Marcello in "La boheme." He currently serves on the faculty at Arizona State University. He visited IPR's Studio A, where he reflected on his distinguished career and recorded Samuel Barber's "Sure on this shining night" with collaborative pianist Casey Robards.

Guitarist and Interlochen Arts Academy junior Paloma Chaprnka visited Studio A to give a preview of Sunday's concert with the TC Phil.

Violinist Blaise Sytsma-Reed, the 2025 winner of the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra's annual Young Artist Competition, will be performing with the orchestra this weekend. She is a senior at Charlevoix High School and studies with David Reimer in the Dorothy Gerber Strings Program. Blaise visited IPR's Studio A to play her winning piece, the first movement of Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole, with collaborative pianist Ya-Ju Chuang. She spoke about how she balances music, sports, academics and life. She also talked about her eclectic musical tastes.

Viridian Strings presents string quartets by Joseph Haydn and Maurice Ravel, plus two world premiere performances of music by Ben Webster and by Cherie Van Maanen and Tom Childs.

Professional sitar player Will Marsh and the Integration Ensemble will bring global music sounds at the Alluvion and Oliver Art Center this weekend. Marsh joined us in Studio A along with members of the Integration Ensemble, including cellist Crispin Campbell and tabla player Josh Mellinger.

Superstar pianist Lang Lang first heard "Rhapsody in Blue" on the radio as a child and refined his performances with help from jazz greats Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. He'll perform it with Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra this weekend. He visited IPR to share his experience with teaching young musicians, from his classroom initiatives around the world to Interlochen students to his own son. What does a young classical musician need to succeed in the 21st century?

Conductor Cristian Măcelaru leads WYSO in a weekend of performances at Interlochen. Classical IPR broadcasts both concerts live on Saturday and Sunday evening.

Interlochen's Advanced High School String Quartets recorded Beethoven's String Quartet op. 18, no. 6 in IPR's Studio A. Movement 1: Allegro con brio Halyn Kim, violin, Porter Ranch, CA Alex Gemeinhardt, violin, New York, NY Kasinda Willingham, viola, Hamilton, OH Natalie Helm, cello (faculty coach) Movement 2: Adagio ma non troppo Hannah Schweiger, violin, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Jiles Defosse, violin, Annapolis, MD Ashton Carter, viola, Memphis, TN Noah Scharback, cello, Eden Prairie, MN Lenny Schranze, faculty coach Movement 3: Scherzo: Allegro - Trio Karis Shin, violin, Incheon, South Korea Kieran Niska, violin, Mason, OH Lake Weeks, viola, Powell, OH Albert Lee, cello, Harrington Park, NJ Tim Shiu, faculty coach Movement 4: La Malinconia: Adagio – Allegretto quasi Allegro - adagio - Allegretto - Un poco adagio - Prestissimo Julia Lee, violin, Ellicott City, MD Evie Chow, violin, Edina, MN Preston Elliot, viola, Kansas City, MO Jisoo Park, cello, Troy, MI Mark Rudoff, faculty coach

They're stagehands, instrument services assistants, library interns and stage managers at Interlochen Arts Camp - they're also brass players who created a new ensemble this summer. Musicians: Timothy Hosler, trumpet, classical music stagehand Lillian Patriquin, trumpet, classical music stagehand Madeline DeJoy, horn, ensemble library intern Elijah Dugal, trombone, instrument services assistant Aidan Carney, tuba, classical music stage manager Tyler Castellanos, trumpet, classical music stage manager (Böhme only) Music in this episode: Victor Ewald, Brass Quintet no. 1, I. Moderato Oskar Böhme, “Trumpet” Sextet, I. Adagio ma non tanto, Allegro molto

Louis Langrée conducts WYSO at Interlochen in its fifth concert of the 2025 season. Hear Classical IPR's live broadcast this Sunday, July 27, at 7:30 PM ET.

Chart a course to The Little Fleet this Wednesday for a Classical Happy Hour with Matthew Cochran, Laura Osgood Brown and Keith Brown. They'll present a program sea shanties and storytelling at The Little Fleet with music from the high seas to the Great Lakes. Music performed in Studio A "The Maid on the Shore" "The Flying Dutchman" "The Mermaid"

The quartet members visited Studio A to give a preview of a few more upcoming recitals in northern Michigan this summer, including one on Interlochen's campus and another at the Music House Museum. The members of the Kodak Quartet are Edgar Donati (violin), Martin Noh (violin), Daniel Spink (viola) and Blake Kitayama (cello). Music performed in Studio A Johannes Brahms, String Quartet no. 2 in A minor: I. Allegro non troppo Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in D major, op. 20 no. 4: IV. Presto scherzando

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra returns to Interlochen for two concerts led by music director Jader Bignamini.

Matthias Pintscher leads Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra in their third concert of the 2025 season. Classical IPR presents the live broadcast this Sunday, July 13 at 7:30 PM ET.

Scaglione leads the World Youth Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, July 6 in a program featuring a Dvorak symphony and new music by Jeff Scott.

Conductor Delyana Lazarova conducts Interlochen's rising talent in a demanding work by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Meet IPR's latest Sound Garden Project ensemble in residence and hear about how they're bringing the sounds of the saxophone quartet to northern Michigan this week. Members Roberto Campa, Laura Ramsay, Kyle Kato and Samuel Dishon visited IPR's Studio A to talk about how they're taking their Fischoff Award-winning sounds from the concert hall to the public, with performances at gas stations, campgrounds, coffee shops and other unexpected places across the region. Music performed in IPR's Studio A Karalyn Schubring, Ambivert: I. Extrovert Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite, II. Sarabande

Viridian Strings welcomes a pianist into the mix for the first time for two recitals this weekend in Traverse City and Frankfort. Founding members Joe Skerik (viola) and Kyle Stachnik (cello) will perform with pianist Umi Garrett and violinist Nathan Meltzer in a program of piano quartets by Mozart, Turina and Dvorak. Viridian Strings will be presenting three more sets this summer, including violin and viola duo this month, solo cello in July and August and string quartet in August. Music performed in Studio A W.A. Mozart, Piano Quartet in G minor, III. Rondo Joaquin Turina, Piano Quartet in A minor, III. Andante - Allegretto

The recipients of this year's Dr. and Mrs. R. Schilling Award from the Grand Traverse Musicale are vocalist Cecilia Balog, a St. Francis High School senior, and violist Konrad Kuzma, a TC Central High School senior. They recently visited IPR's Studio A to perform and to talk about what it means to be the top scholarship recipients. Music performed in Studio A Cecilia Balog, voice, with pianist Jamie Hardesty W. A. Mozart, "In uomini, in soldati" from "Cosi fan tutte" Konrad Kuzma, viola Max Reger, Suite for solo viola, II. Vivace

Pianist Kara Huber and violinist Ara Sarkissian are taking their duo recital on a tour around northern Michigan this month. The K/Ara Duo visited IPR's Studio A to perform the Nocturne by Lili Boulanger and discuss the mutual admiration that brought them together as musical collaborators.

Ty Chiko is a baritone, a baker, a visual artist and a social justice advocate. Originally from the Bahamas, he joined Interlochen's faculty last fall as the director of vocal music. Chiko visited IPR's Studio A to perform music of Gustav Mahler and Betty Jackson King.

Interlochen Arts Academy piano students Olivia Sexton, Kieran Alston and Oliver Wang took the stage in IPR's Studio A, previewing their upcoming tour performance. Music performed in Studio A Missy Mazzoli: "A Map of Laughter" performed by Olivia Sexton from Frankfort, IL Sam Post: "O'Carolan's Dream" performed by Kieran Alston from Makawao, HI George Gershwin: Prelude no. 1 performed by Oliver Wang from Meadville, PA