In Performance at the White House
Season 2009
TV-G
WETA has produced “In Performance at the White House” since 1978 and the music series spans every administration since President Carter’s. The series began with an East Room recital by the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz. Since then, “In Performance at the White House” has embraced virtually every genre of American performance: pop, country, gospel, jazz, blues, theatre and dance among them. The series was created to showcase the rich fabric of American culture in the setting of the nation’s most famous home.
Where to Watch Season 2009
2 Episodes
- Stevie Wonder Gershwin PrizeE1
Stevie Wonder Gershwin PrizePresident Obama presents musician Stevie Wonder with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the White House on February 25, part of the WETA-taped special "In Performance at the White House - Celebrating the Music of Stevie Wonder: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize." - Fiesta LatinaE2
Fiesta Latina“In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina” is a concert hosted by the President and Mrs. Obama on the South Lawn of the White House that will be broadcast by PBS. The sixty-minute program, edited down from a ninety-minute concert that was taped live by WETA Washington, D.C., on October 13, celebrates Hispanic musical heritage. The broadcast, part of the WETA “In Performance at the White House” series, premieres on the final day of National Hispanic Heritage Month, October 15, 2009 at 8 p.m. ET, on PBS stations nationwide.