Conn 8d elkhart engraving3/14/2024 In 1928, Joe Maddy and Thaddeus Giddings founded the National High School Orchestra Camp here at Interlochen. How it came to be, and how it came here, is a tale of corporate history, research, and philanthropy, as well as the intertwined destinies of our institution and the world’s largest instrument maker. Arriving on campus on the last day of the 1960s, the collection consists of nearly 300 musical instruments, primarily brass and woodwinds, along with numerous ethnographic instruments from various world cultures. Donated to Interlochen in December of 1969, ‘the Greenleaf’ as it is affectionately known, constitutes one of the most fascinating donations ever received by our institution. The former requires thorough research the latter requires as much and something more-the intervention of chance.Īs 2019 comes to a close, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of a key part of the archives-the Leland B. These discoveries are of two kinds: the expected and the unexpected. In upcoming episodes of Crescendo, we will explore the extensive holdings of the Archives of the Interlochen Center for the Arts (ARTICA) and relate some of the discoveries made therein. Several saxophones from the Greenleaf Collection on display in the Concourse in the 1970s.Įxploration is the mother of discovery.
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