Intensives are currently underway at Interlochen Center for the Arts.
Intensives are week-long immersive studies that take place in June, the week before Interlochen Arts Camp begins.
Music students experience a week packed with master classes, faculty recitals, student recitals, private lessons and workshops on movement, memorization and historical styles.
Two students from Interlochen's High School Piano Intensive visited IPR's Studio A this week.
Donald Valencia performed the Etude op.40, no. 1 by Nikolai Kapustin.
Valencia is 18 years old and from Naperville, IL.
There had been a bear sighting on Interlochen's campus earlier in the day, but Valencia wasn't fazed.
An Eagle Scout, he said he's well prepared to protect himself and his coolers from bears.
![High school pianists Donald Valencia and Kate Moore at Interlochen Public Radio](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/251f3a3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3348x2776+0+0/resize/880x730!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9d%2Ff4%2F94bc18954c59aed227a7d060ec8d%2Fimg-2969.jpg)
Kate Moore performed the Prelude no. 1 by George Gershwin.
Moore just turned 15 and is from Manhattan.
She's had a busy week, having already played in two recitals by the time she arrived in Studio A. She still has a master class performance on her agenda before week's end.
Without having coordinated ahead of time, both pianists were sporting eye-catching apparel below the knees.
![Pianists Donald Valencia and Kate Moore and their stylish ankles in IPR's Studio A](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/61eb3f4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1238x651+0+0/resize/880x463!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F8e%2F0db523044f2bb982e1b183bc3c69%2Funnamed.png)
At Interlochen's Intensives, Valencia and Moore are studying with Kara Huber, TJ Lymenstull and Robert Satterlee.
Kelley DiPasquale engineered this edition of Studio A.
Kacie Brown is IPR's digital content manager.