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Idyllwild Arts Chamber Orchestra members tune their instruments to the sound of the lead violinist prior to performing Jean Sibelius’ “Finlandia, Op. 26,” under the direction of conductor Joshua Roach as part of the 2011 Idyllwild Arts Summer program on Sunday, Aug. 21 at the IAF Theatre. Photo by Cid Castillo

Santa Claus talks about Christmas with the many children who attended Idyllwild’s Tree Lighting Ceremony, “An Olde Fashioned Christmas.”
The Seahawk Mojo will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the IAF Theatre on the Idyllwild Arts Academy campus. Led by Idyllwild’s Marshall Hawkins, Seahawk and others will present the performance in honor of Black History Month. “This is a journey that started [with] last year’s performance,” Hawkins said. “It’s about what happened…
IAA is more than 50 percent international enrollment Jeni Sponseller, English as a Second Language chair at Idyllwild Arts Academy, is the next speaker at the academy’s Spotlight on Leadership talk. This series, sponsored by the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation, is designed to familiarize townspeople with the academy’s academic and arts curricula and how they…
Yukako Ogawa surprised her Idyllwild host family with a homemade Japanese dinner with ingredients she purchased in her home country of Japan. Ogawa, 14, was visiting Idyllwild for one week at the end of March with other teens through an exchange program with the Hemet Unified School District. “She made us a wonderful Japanese dinner…
Idyllwild has always been a community with art and music rustling through the tall pines and cedars. For such a small population, the talent we have is far from small and Brett Perkins wants that talent to grow while helping local nonprofits. A Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Perkins has been making music for more than 40 years….
Tara Sechrest: “The enrollment landscape at Idyllwild Arts” The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s Spotlight on Leadership next presentation is at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 9. In the Idyllwild Arts campus’ Fireside Room in the Nelson Dining Hall — a comfortable setting — Tara Sechrest, vice president of enrollment management and strategic partnerships…