Interlochen
“ Returning to the birthplace of my career brings my musical journey full circle. ”
Úna O'Riordan, DSO Cello
This summer, the DSO and Interlochen Center for the Arts celebrate 99 years of partnership.
INTERLOCHEN ARTS FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE
Led by Music Director Jader Bignamini, the DSO will perform at Interlochen’s iconic Kresge Auditorium on Saturday, July 19 as part of the 2025 Interlochen Arts Festival. Repertoire will include the Overture to Omar by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels; Paul Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Op. 35.
RESIDENCY
The season's Interlochen Arts Camp will see DSO musicians leading masterclasses and rehearsing side by side with young students. In addition, DSO Music Director Jader Bignamini will conduct Interlochen’s World Youth Symphony Orchestra (WYSO) in performance.
“We are thrilled to partner with Interlochen Center for the Arts for this residency,” said DSO President and CEO Erik Rönmark. “This historic partnership, reestablished annually in 2019, means so much to our DSO musicians and staff who have experienced the impact that Interlochen has on young people’s lives.”
Leave a mark on the lives of talented, young musicians. To support the 2025 Interlochen residency, click below or reach out to Zach Suchanek, Associate Director of Annual Giving, directly at zsuchanek@dso.org or by phone at 313.576.5056.
On Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20, DSO musicians will lead masterclasses for different orchestral instruments with high school campers at Interlochen Arts Camp. On Sunday, DSO musicians will also join WYSO for an evening concert, which will feature George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture and Florence Price’s Symphony No. 3 in C Minor under the direction of Bignamini. The concert will be broadcast by Interlochen Public Radio and webcast live at interlochen.org.
The DSO’s association with Interlochen dates back to 1926, when Detroit’s Orchestra Hall hosted the National High School Honors Orchestra, the ensemble that evolved two years later into the founding orchestra of Interlochen Arts Camp. The relationship flourished over the decades, and the DSO came to Interlochen’s campus for numerous summer performances and master classes. Today, 18 members of the DSO are alumni of Interlochen Arts Camp or Interlochen Arts Academy.