Glass House Presents | Concert in a Landmark Adam Tendler: Piano Works
Saturday, November 21, 2026 Concert: 4:00 - 5:00pm Reception: 5:00 - 6:00pm
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 111 Oenoke Ridge New Canaan, CT 06840
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In partnership with The Friends of Music at St. Mark’s
“You will be moved, profoundly and intensely.” — The New York Times
Join acclaimed pianist Adam Tendler for an hour-long concert in New Canaan’s modernist St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, designed by Sherwood, Mills and Smith and completed in 1961. Tendler will perform selections from his GRAMMY®-nominated project, Inheritances alongside other works. All are invited to a reception following the performance.
After his father’s unexpected death, Tendler received his inheritance as a literal wad of cash in a parking lot—an encounter that became the catalyst for a groundbreaking, one-of-a-kind contemporary music phenomenon that has touched listeners from across the globe. Inviting a wide-ranging group of composers and sound artists, including Devonté Hynes, Laurie Anderson, Missy Mazzoli, and Nico Muhly, among others, Tendler asked each to respond to the idea of “inheritance,” resulting in a deeply personal yet universally resonant body of piano works that explore lineage, memory, loss, and place, and form a meditation on how we confront the past while shaping the future. Inheritances earned a 2026 GRAMMY® nomination for Best Classical Instrumental Solo and has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and CBS Sunday Morning, among publications and broadcasts worldwide.
As a recording artist, Tendler has been featured on Wild Up’s GRAMMY®-nominated anthology of Julius Eastman’s music, and has also released albums of music by Franz Liszt, Robert Palmer, and of his own original work. In 2026 alone, he recorded for artists as wide-ranging as Nelly Furtado, Devonté Hynes, Michael Fiday, and Ellis Ludwig-Leone.
St. Mark’s Church was designed to express Gothic principles in a modern design. The triangular vaults of the roof are supported by thirteen white, reinforced-concrete columns, each 40 feet tall. The soaring space includes modern stained-glass designs by American artist Odell “Billie” Prather and a 42-foot-tall reredos created by sculptor Clark Fitz-Gerald. St. Mark’s, which was listed in 2021 on the National Register of Historic Places, is considered essential to the context of New Canaan’s midcentury-modern architecture. | 
