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Closing Members Reception & Live Music

Saturday, July 26, 2025

OPEN TO MEMBERS & GUESTS $70

Join fellow members for an intimate evening of cocktails, food, and live music as a finale to the artistic season before the summer hiatus. This casual members event includes a summer BBQ buffet, full bar, seating in a casual lounge setting (outside weather permitting), and jazz music by the The Peter Edelman Trio. 

Summer Jazz Rhythms

Peter Edelman is a seasoned pianist, bandleader, and composer who started playing piano at age 7 and composing at 14. He has performed with renowned musicians like Cecil Payne, Teddy Smith, Butch Warren, and Wallace Roney, and was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra.

You won't want to miss this festive and fabulous Arts Club Summer 2025 celebration. The reception begins at 6:00 pm, with the musical selection on the patio beginning at 6:30 pm

A reservation is required the day before, by 8 p.m. EST. 

Dress:  business casual.

Call (202) 331-7282 or email dining@artsclubofwashington.org

Complimentary parking for members after 6 pm at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave.

Price includes a program fee, tax and gratuity.

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Click on photo to hear Antoni performing at the 2025 (American) National Chopin Competition

The Classical Music Committee

of

The Arts Club of Washington

presents

A Special Salon Concert

Antoni Kłeczek, piano

Sunday, July 27,  3:00 pm

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

$30 Members  -  $40 Non-Members

Antoni Kleczek has won top prizes at numerous international competitions, including Poland's Chopin Competition and Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam Piano Competition, the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition in Washington, D.C., and the Rosalyn Tureck Bach Competition in New York City.

Antoni has performed as a soloist with Washington's National Philharmonic and the Warsaw's Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, and in recitals across the United States, Poland, and Hungary.  Antoni is currently a second year Chopin Foundation Scholarship recipient.

All-Chopin Program:

Polonaise Op. 53 in A flat Major
Ballade Op. 47 in A flat Major
Waltz Op. 42 in A flat Major
Preludes No. 13-18
Scherzo Op. 39 in C sharp minor
Nocturne Op. 55 No. 2 in E flat Major
Ballade No. 4 in F minor

Includes a meet-the-artist at a reception following the program.

3:00 pm Program

4:00 pm Reception with the artist

The Salon Concert Series is presented by the Classical Music Committee of The Arts Club of Washington, and offers chamber music in an historic atmosphere evocative of the period during which the music was written. 

Participation is limited to 28 persons.

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Docent Led Clubhouse Tour 

Friday, September 5, 11:00 a.m.

 Free and open to the public

Since its founding in 1916, the Arts Club of Washington has called 2017 I Street, N.W.  “home.”  Join us on a guided tour of the historic clubhouse to learn more about the Arts Club, its activities and the distinguished men and women who have been members.  We will also discuss some of the fabled residents of the two mansions the Club now occupies, including President James Monroe and his First Lady Elizabeth, and Civil War General Robert MacFeely.  

Please note that attendance is limited to 12 persons due to small spaces visited on the tour, thus an RSVP is required to guarantee participation. 

Walk-in participants will be accommodated when possible. 

Tour is not ADA accessible.

Groups: Contact us to book your tour Tuesdays - Fridays to start between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

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