Hannah Ayrault Attends Interlochen for Senior Year

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Parent Contact Name: Terry Ayrault                        Interlochen Contact:             Christopher Hintz

Parent Contact Phone: (313)610-5439                                                            231.276.7608

Young artist to attend Interlochen Arts Academy

INTERLOCHEN, Mich. – Hannah Ayrault (17) of Grosse Pointe Park has been accepted and will attend Interlochen Arts Academy, the world’s premier fine arts boarding high school. Ayrault, the daughter of Lisa and Terry Ayrault has enrolled in the Singer-Songwriter program at the Academy. Previously, Ayrault has been a student at Grosse Pointe South.

An award-winning composer, who has performed her original compositions in the Michigan Music Educators Association’s Composition Concert for the last three years, Ayrault has been interested in pursuing a career in music performance since she began playing piano at age 5.  She was a member of South’s choir for the last three years and traveled with the choir to Italy in 2012, even performing as a soloist with the award-winning show choir.   She was also a member of Ellen Bowen’s Metropolitan Academy of Performing Arts and has performed the National Anthem for the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park during the last two seasons. As a pianist, she has consistently received a “superior” rating in the Michigan Music Festival.  Ayrault was also an editor on South’s award-winning Tower newspaper.

Now, she has taken her love for writing, music and composing to a whole new level.

  Interlochen Arts Academy attracts more than 500 young artists from 40 states and 15 countries. Together, they study music, theatre, dance, visual arts, creative writing and motion picture arts in a college-like setting. While producing more than 250 artistic presentations in the school year, Academy students also master rigorous college-preparatory academics that prepare them to take prominent roles in any professional endeavor.

The Arts Academy was founded in 1962 to provide year-round training in the arts coupled with challenging and comprehensive college-preparatory academics. This combination has resulted in sustained achievement in arts and academics. Since the school was established, it has produced 40 Presidential Scholars, a record unmatched by any school in the United States, public or private. Alumni include singer-songwriter Jewel, actress Felicity Huffman, jazz drummer Peter Erskine and car designer Bill Zheng. More than ten percent of the nation’s orchestral musicians can claim roots at either Interlochen Arts Academy or Camp. Since 1958, more than 90 Grammy Awards have been presented to Interlochen alumni of the Academy and Camp. 

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Interlochen Arts Academy is part of the nonprofit Interlochen Center for the Arts, recipient of the National Medal of Arts and the only organization in the world that brings together: 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. For information, visit Interlochen online at www.interlochen.org.