In this concert, we play with the idea of Thomas Jefferson as Artistic Director, programming an evening drawn from his own musical tastes and world. Jefferson loved Haydn and Bach, collected folk songs, and surrounded himself with musicians at Monticello. The program pairs those passions with John Adams's hypnotic Shaker Loops and songs written by Francis Hopkinson, Jefferson's fellow Declaration signer, making for a modern twist on the founding father’s classic tastes.