Jonathan Pollison of Ewing has been accepted and will attend Interlochen Arts Camp, one of the world’s top summer arts programs for aspiring artists grades 3 through 12.
Pollison, the son of Bob and Kathy Pollison, will study piano at the camp. When he is not practicing piano, Pollison said he enjoys playing video games, basketball and weight lifting. For the past four years, he has attended The American Boychoir School.
Students at Interlochen Arts Camp learn from world-class instructors and produce hundreds of presentations each summer in dance, theatre, creative writing, visual arts, music and film.
The camp alumni include Norah Jones; singer Josh Groban; members of the band OK Go; Rufus Wainwright; opera and concert soprano Jessye Norman; conductor Loren Maazel; jazz pianist Eldar; actor Anthony Rapp; and cartoonist Cathy Guisewite. Some 10 percent of the nation’s professional orchestra musicians have roots at Interlochen and the alumni community has been awarded nearly 100 Grammy Awards.
In addition to hundreds of performances, presentations and readings by young artists, Interlochen brings leading artists and performers to the northern Michigan campus. In recent years, guest artists have included Joshua Bell, Josh Groban, the Decemberists, the Avett Brothers, Olga Kern, Harry Connick Jr., Trace Adkins and Branford Marsalis.
Interlochen Arts Camp is part of the nonprofit Interlochen Center for the Arts, recipient of the National Medal of Arts and the only organization in the world offers a 2,500-student summer camp program; a 500-student fine arts boarding high school; opportunities for hundreds of adults to engage in fulfilling artistic and creative programs; two 24-hour listener-supported public radio stations (classical music and news); more than 600 arts presentations annually by students, faculty and world-renowned guest artists; a global alumni base spanning eight decades, including leaders in the arts and all other endeavors.
For information, visit Interlochen online at www.interlochen.org.
