For the summer of 2009, the Blue Lake International Program will have 6 groups touring Europe:

International Youth Symphony Orchestra
Music Director, Fritz Stansell

International Northern Winds
Music Director, John Heath

International Southern Winds
Music Director, Dennis Zeisler

International Choir
Music Director, Mark Webb

International Jazz Band
Music Director, David Jensen

International Adult Band
Music Director, Donald Flickinger

Current Openings!
International Choir Seeking Tenor & Bass Voices!
Click here for Audition Requirements & Application Materials.
Contact international@bluelake.org for any questions.

Anyone interested, please complete the application (found on left side of this page) and follow the attached directions for submission. Phone auditions are available upon request. Please contact the International Office at international@bluelake.org or 800.221.3796 with any questions.

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp is a Michigan non-profit corporation, and a summer fine arts "school" which celebrated its 41st season of operation this past summer. The International Exchange Program, which began in the Fall of 1969, has enjoyed 39 years of making music and friends in the United States and Europe.

Each summer Blue Lake sends 6 performing groups to Europe for a 21 day tour, which includes visits in host families and a performance in at least 7 communities. In return for the hospitality from our European friends, we invite a performing group from their community to come to the U.S. and we arrange two-week tours for all, with accommodations being in private American host families in each community visited. We are currently booking the tour stations for these groups.

When our students return from Europe they are hosted in a community in Michigan - in host families, and are offered an opportunity for a performance. We are also currently seeking such communities.



We would like to share exchange program with your school and/or community. Here are a few questions to ask yourself:

Does your community have an active music program (which may include a choir, jazz band, symphony orchestra, ballet class, brass band, theatre) - and enjoy beautiful music and the fine arts?

Does it place considerable value and importance on cultural exchange, and look for opportunities to make friends with people from musical organizations?

Is there a performance facility (auditorium, concert hall, studio, church etc.) which could accommodate a full symphony orchestra, symphony band, choir, ballet ensemble, jazz band concert or theatre performance?

Does your area retain citizens of all ages interested in making friends with young or adult Europeans or Asians?

If your answer to one or more of the above is "YES", then perhaps you, your school, organization, or your community might be interested in becoming actively involved with Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp's International Exchange Program!

If you are interested, please let us know immediately and via FAX.  Our FAX number here in the U.S. is 231-894-8849 or 231-893-5120 or send email to sheroky@bluelake.org.

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