The Winterthur Garden, Library & Museum September 12, 2026 Recital: America’s Past and Future Through Music

Violinist Eliot Heaton of the Philadelphia Orchestra and pianist Thomas Weaver, interim associate chair of musical studies at the Curtis Institute of Music perform works by American icons Aaron Copland and Amy Beach, Call for Scores Winners Sam Wu, Whitney George, and Dan VanHassell, and composer/violinist Tommy Dougherty, a former Winterthur Maker-Creator Fellow, who will be hosting the recital.

Program

Romance in A Major, Op. 23

Amy Beach (1867-1944)

Travelogues (2025)

Sam Wu

Sonata (2024)

Dan VanHassell

Sonata for Violin and Piano (1943)

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

III. Like Wildfire, I Burn for You (2017), IV. Like Thread, Bind Me to You (2018)

Whitney George

Giancore! (2016)

Tommy Dougherty

Link to event below:

https://www.winterthur.org/calendar/americas-past-and-future-through-music