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42-452: Harpists Samuel and Rosalie Pratt had their own personal collection of harp-related materials. Samuel designed the original Troubadour harp and owned a harp repair business. His wife Rosalie was a professor of music at BYU. They donated their collection of harp-related materials to BYU in 1985. After the Pratt's initial donation, additional major donations arrived at the university, including one from

84-498: A charter member of National Public Radio . Interlochen Public Radio became a network in 1989 with the addition of WICV . Interlochen bought contemporary Christian station WDQV in 2005 and converted it into a third satellite for the eastern portion of the market, WIAB . In 2006, Katalyst Media filmed a reality TV pilot for MTV at Interlochen Arts Academy . Afraid that an MTV show would ruin Interlochen's distinguished reputation,

126-453: A concert hall on the top floor of the Lyon & Healy factory. Salvi has commissioned much work for the harp, and has promoted harp music with publishing, as well as commissioning a Sonata for the harp, violin and violincello by Valeri Kikta , called "Venetian Trio", published by Salvi publications. In 2006, he created a harp for Charles, Prince of Wales . The instrument has since been played by

168-564: A large group of students resorted to protesting and trolling the Katalyst Media film crew in order to prevent Katalyst Media from filming viable footage. Student efforts were successful, as a pilot never aired. In 2020, M-137 , the highway connecting Interlochen Center for the Arts to US 31 , was decommissioned by the Michigan Department of Transportation . Upon the roadway's handover to

210-565: A main educational pillar for the institution. The program offers private lessons and group courses in all seven of Interlochen's arts area: Creative Writing, Dance, Film & New Media, Interdisciplinary Arts, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts. Plus, Interlochen Online offers private, college advising to those interested in pursuing conservatory or arts-focused higher education. Founded in 2004, Interlochen College of Creative Arts offers non-degree granting arts programs and continuing education units for adults 18 years and older. Interlochen Center for

252-528: A national harp competition and a scholarship to the Interlochen Center for the Arts . Salvi enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was inducted at the Naval Air Station Glenview in 1942. There, he was the harpist in the U.S. Navy Band until 1946. After the war, Salvi returned to Chicago and joined conductor Paul Schreiber's St. Louis Sinfonietta orchestra, with whom Salvi toured

294-521: A tendency to warp and/or break." This is what makes the "neck" a unique feature of Salvi harps, "... costing about four times that of a conventional neck to manufacture. Each neck has inner core of many laminations impregnated with resins and compressed to size by a two-story-high press ...." Salvi regularly collaborates with scientists to revolutionize the harp. After many years of research with scientists at University of St. Andrews in Scotland, he developed

336-421: A workshop was set up in a fifteenth century villa, reputedly once owned by the famed Genoese Admiral Andrea Doria." The harps went on public sale that same year. "The finishing of a new harp," Mr. Salvi comments, "... is always an event, no matter how many times it has happened. Everyone gathers round to admire and inspect the completed task, and we all are happy and proud that another harp has been made." In 1965,

378-673: A year. He continued playing in Menotti's next work, The Saint of Bleecker Street , in 1954, also on Broadway. Once established in New York, Salvi took a job with the New York Philharmonic , conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos , and the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini . He played under several other acclaimed conductors including Bruno Walter , Leopold Stokowski , and George Szell . Salvi recorded Debussy La Mer with

420-433: Is responsible for the largest modern progressions of the instrument. Philanthropically, he has sponsored multiple competitions, concerts, as well as commissioning harp compositions. Salvi has expanded the harp's notoriety worldwide, raising the instrument's profile, and heightening its importance musically. Victor Salvi was born into an Italian family and was the youngest child of Rodolfo Salvi and Apollonia Paoliello. Rodolfo

462-451: Is the original educational institution created by Joseph E. Maddy. Interlochen Arts Academy is a pre-professional arts boarding boarding high school, founded in 1962 by Joseph E. Maddy. The school offers seven arts majors in creative writing, dance, film and new media, interdisciplinary arts, music, theater, and visual arts. Interlochen Online began during the COVID-19 pandemic and is now

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504-612: The Grand Traverse County Road Commission , the roadway was renamed to the "J. Maddy Parkway", after the institution's founder. Interlochen Center for the Arts is the umbrella organization for summer program Interlochen Arts Camp, arts boarding high school Interlochen Arts Academy, National Public Radio (NPR) charter station Interlochen Public Radio, performance series Interlochen Presents, adult arts program Interlochen College of Creative Arts, and online arts program Interlochen Online. The Interlochen Arts Camp

546-527: The Victor Salvi Foundation. The International Harp Archives was formally established in 1994 due to the collection's growth. The archives consist of over 11,000 scores and recordings that use the harp. Items such as "manuscripts and recordings, photographs, correspondence, programs and other documents" are included in the collection. Additionally, the IHA serves as a central hub for any information regarding

588-462: The 'grapevine' that Lyon & Healy was again on the market and, after great deliberation and consultation with my advisors, made a bid on behalf of Les Arts Mecaniques, which I am happy to say was accepted. As to the motivation, Lyon & Healy was always a formidable company with its many years of making fine quality harps. However, I do believe that L & H suffered in the past from these various take-overs by companies which did not fully understand

630-584: The American Harp Society began an interview series with notable harpists, including Lucile Lawrence and Alice Chalifoux . These interviews can be accessed via the AHS lending library. The IHA aims to preserve the harp's history and make the collected materials available to through their Internet Archive. A project to scan and make all pre-1923 published scores available online is ongoing. Over 2,400 public domain records have been scanned for public access through

672-570: The Arts Interlochen Center for the Arts ( / ˈ ɪ n t ə r ˈ l ɒ k ə n / IN -tər-lock-ən ; also known as I.C.A. or Inty ) is a non-profit corporation which operates arts education institutions and performance venues . Established in 1928 by Joseph E. Maddy , Interlochen Center for the Arts is located on a 1,200-acre (490 ha) campus in Green Lake Township , Grand Traverse County , Michigan , near

714-428: The Arts is home to Interlochen Public Radio (or IPR), a National Public Radio member station that broadcasts a signal to most of the lower peninsula of Northern Michigan as well as parts of eastern Wisconsin . Two listener-supported stations broadcast to northwest Michigan: Classical Music 88.7, 88.5, 94.7 and 100.9 FM; News Radio 91.5, 90.1 and 89.7 FM. Broadcasts include arts programming, news and culture from around

756-637: The NBC Symphony Orchestra in 1950, produced by RCA. As in Chicago, Salvi opened a harp workshop business in New York City, first in the West 40s, later moving to West 54th Street. In 1954, he built his first harp in New York – a small, orchestral model. "Playing the harp in orchestras you get a lot of measures of rest, time to think about how the instrument is constructed and how it could be improved", Salvi told

798-525: The National High School Orchestra Camp, and began searching for ideal locations, eventually narrowing it down to sites in Maine and Michigan . Maddy was invited by Interlochen businessman Willis Pennington to tour his hotel and summer camp properties, adjacent to Interlochen State Park (Camp Interlochen and Camp Penn Loch, for boys and girls, respectively). Maddy chose the site, and, in 1928,

840-506: The New York Times in a 2005 interview. Ultimately, Salvi had to choose between either performing or the building of harps. He chose the latter, and moved to Europe where he knew he would have more affordable and skilled craftsmanship. In 1955, Salvi moved to Italy, and established a harp business in Genoa. There, he recruited a staff of twelve cabinetmakers and other similar craftsmen, and "...

882-779: The Piemonte area, for the quality of the local craftsmen. To this day, Salvi Harps is the leading manufacturer in the European market. Each harp is still individually handcrafted. The factory is a focal point of the region, and attracts many visitors each year, and regularly opens itself for tours to schoolchildren to learn about harp making. In 1987, Salvi acquired his main competition, the American-based harp company Lyon & Healy . In an interview with Jane B. Weidensaul in American Harp Journal , Salvi said: I heard around June 1987 on

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924-403: The balance of the frame ... At the same time there have been design changes: new, sleeker, sharper-looking models with less decoration, and a lot less gilding." His approach to harp making has ushered in harp innovations including "... nylon bearings, stainless steel action, and polyurethane finish: and novel engineering has produced a method to strengthen the comparatively delicate neck, which had

966-592: The company acquired a larger working space in Vignole Borbera . In 1969, Salvi opened two additional locations: a shop for distribution and repairs in Covent Garden, London, named Holywell Music; and a factory in Sainte Croix, Switzerland, called Les Arts Mecaniques, for mechanics, strings, and other instrument improvements, "... where craftsmen trained in making watches, mechanical music boxes and automatons took over

1008-425: The country as a soloist from 1948 to 1950. Described by Columbia Artist Management as having been founded with "... the purpose of bringing symphonic music to audiences everywhere", Sinfonietta was a distinctively unique ensemble, "... a chamber orchestra which would have not only the delicacy and refinement of the stringed instruments, but a reasonable degree of the extended tonal altitude, color variety and sonority of

1050-565: The electronic harp, which first showcased at the Third World Harp Congress in Vienna, Austria, in 1987. For the past decade and a half, Salvi has been very involved in conducting studies with sounds and sounding boards. His most recent harp innovations further improved the instrument's sound, using MSC Nastran and SimXpert technologies. "Salvi uses numerical simulations and experimental data for their evaluation and calibration designs. Due to

1092-598: The eponymous community of Interlochen . Beginning in the late 19th century, European settlers began logging and fishing industries in the area, and founded the small village of Wylie, one mile south of the present-day community of Interlochen. Due to the prospering logging industry in the area, the Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad (owned by the Buckley and Douglas Lumber Company of Manistee, Michigan ) extended its line northeast from Nessen City, Michigan and arrived between

1134-643: The family to the United States in 1909, and once based in Chicago, Victor was born. Victor’s siblings were Livia, Aida, Giovanni, and his half-brother, Alberto, the oldest. The Salvis were a musical family, and Alberto was a distinguished concert harpist in the 1920s. Victor’s older sister, Aida, was also an active musician in Chicago, including with the Civic Opera. Aida learned the instrument from Alberto, and Aida passed her knowledge on to Victor. Victor Salvi attended Marshall High School in Chicago. While there, he won

1176-407: The first season of the National High School Orchestra Camp convened. In 1944, Maddy purchased Camps Interlochen and Penn Loch, absorbing them and the National High School Orchestra Camp into his new Interlochen Center for the Arts. In 1963, WIAA , Interlochen's public radio station, signed on for the first time. Originally broadcasting eight hours per day, it grew enough within a decade to become

1218-648: The harp and its problems. Salvi Harps will benefit greatly in that we will be distributed by Lyon & Healy – a well-established and prestigious company – in the USA. By the same token, L & H will benefit by being available through the Salvi outlets in Europe. Therefore, this ‘marriage’ between Salvi and L & H seemed the most sensible solution since the two companies can help each other out to make one complete and strong whole. Throughout his career, Salvi devoted his time to perfecting

1260-436: The harp industry, he began his career as a musician, and turned to building harps. As a musician, Victor Salvi played under some of the best known conductors of the twentieth century, including Dimitri Mitropoulos , Arturo Toscanini , and Bruno Walter . As a businessman, Salvi merged markets between his Europe-based Salvi Harps and the United States company Lyon & Healy , which he acquired in 1987. As an engineer, Salvi

1302-658: The harp, its music, and harpists. Nearly 60 major contributors donated materials to the collection. All archived items are housed in the Harold B. Lee Library on BYU's campus. The archives and its materials are organized by the general collection and the non-circulating special collections. The IHA partners with the Archives of the American Harp Society to offer a lending library through BYU's library. Only American Harp Society members are permitted to request archived materials offsite. Other library patrons can view materials in person. In 1987,

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1344-520: The lakes in the fall of 1889. Similarly, the Chicago and West Michigan Railway extended its line north from Baldwin, Michigan on its way to Traverse City, Michigan in 1890. The two lines crossed in current-day downtown Interlochen where a depot and interlocking tower were located. Interlochen State Park , immediately adjacent to campus, is the first state park organized by the state of Michigan, established in 1917 and opening in 1919 ( Mackinac Island

1386-516: The large internal loads seen within the harp, simulations have led to increased structural integrity of the design while correlating to experimental data." Salvi has dedicated himself to the promotion of the harp, and its recognition as a solo instrument. He has sponsored several harp competitions, first in Italy and then internationally, throughout his career. He promoted young harpists with recordings by Egan Records and sponsored concerts. In 2005, he built

1428-604: The mechanical aspects of the harp’s construction." Slowly, "... more and more harpists in Europe and the United States became aware of the new Salvi harp and it started making appearances in symphony orchestras, schools and private studios alike." In fact, in the 1970s, the Paris National Opera Orchestra played with five Salvi harps. In 1974, Salvi moved the Italian-based factory to Piasco, where Salvi Harps remains in business today. Salvi chose Piasco , part of

1470-653: The official royal harpist at many imperial functions, including the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011. He has collected antique harps from around the world, which he assembled into one of the most important collections in the world. In a 2006 Economist article, Salvi said, "I never thought about having a collection. I bought harps because they were so beautiful." Salvi lived in Chateauneuf-Grasse , France, from 1987 to 2012, during which time he traveled extensively. He lived in Italy in his final years and died in 2015. Interlochen Center for

1512-477: The online archive. 40°14′56″N 111°38′56″W  /  40.249°N 111.649°W  / 40.249; -111.649 Victor Salvi Victor Salvi (\ˈvik-tər\ \ˈsal-vē \); (March 4, 1920 – May 10, 2015) was an American-born Italian harpist, harp maker, and entrepreneur. Salvi, who has been called "harpmaker of the world". Born in Chicago, Illinois, he immigrated back to Italy several years into his professional career. Credited for transforming

1554-399: The sound and mechanics of the harp through innovative technologies, paving the way for profound advancements for the instrument. While the basic harp structure has not changed in the past several thousand years, "Salvi's artisans and technicians have spent half a century trying to remedy that problem: making the sound stronger, bigger, but still focused; making changes to the pedal mechanism, to

1596-508: The symphony orchestra – an ensemble whose instrumentation would permit equally authoritative presentation of the classic symphonies ...." While touring with the orchestra, Salvi, following in his father's footsteps, taught himself harp repair and set up a workshop in Chicago, beginning his work as a mechanic and engineer. In 1950, Salvi secured a New York-based job playing in Gian Carlo Menotti 's Consul , which ran on Broadway for nearly

1638-477: The world, as well as local and regional news. IPR was a charter member of National Public Radio. Founded in 1963, Interlochen Public Radio or WIAA was envisioned as an extension of the "Music From Interlochen" program which ran on the NBC radio network. The Music From Interlochen Program informed a wider audience about the activities at the then-named National Music Camp and the nascent Interlochen Arts Academy. The station

1680-552: Was himself a musician and an instrument maker from Venice , who moved to the small Southern village of Viggiano , Basilicata , land of travelling musicians who brought their music and traditions all over the world, as well as known for the construction of harps. Rodolfo married his second wife Apollonia, the granddaughter of Vincenzo Bellizia, a well known harp maker of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . Rodolfo left Viggiano and brought

1722-695: Was originally a national park before becoming Michigan's first state park in 1895). In the 1920s, the Music Supervisors National Conference called upon conductor and educator Joseph E. Maddy to assemble talented high school musicians from around the US to form the National High School Orchestra. The orchestra met in 1926 in Detroit , and the orchestra was asked to reconvene in 1927 and 1928. In 1927, Joseph Edgar Maddy incorporated

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1764-685: Was slow to catch on in its early years and some considered shutting down the operation. Interlochen Public Radio went on to establish itself with two service channels: one for music and one for news. In 1993, Interlochen Public Radio reportedly had one of the highest rates of per capita contributions of any public radio station in the United States. The station's classical music service is broadcast from their main tower at WIAA 88.7 FM in Interlochen, along with WIAB 88.5 FM in Mackinaw City , and W234BU 94.7 FM in Traverse City . In 2000, IPR began offering

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