Adamant Community Club
This Saturday, April 19!
The Adamant Community Club will host an evening of music by the Brookfield, Vermont, composer Erik Nielsen on Saturday, September 19th at 7:00.
Composer Nielsen will be on hand to introduce his compositions, performed by Dan Liptak on clarinet and bass clarinet; Elizabeth Reid on viola; and Michael Close on cello. There will be several solo compositions for each instrument (including a premiere of “The Sparrow,” for viola), and a trio, “These Hills.”
“Over the years, Adamant Community Club has been the venue for many classical piano recitals by students and instructors at the Adamant Music School” says Rick Winston, coordinator of the Club’s concert series. “But to my knowledge, there has never been a chamber music concert here featuring instruments other than a piano.”
Admission is $15. The Adamant Community Club is located at the intersection of Haggett and Martin Roads in Adamant. For more information, call 802-454-7103.
The Adamant Community Club is located in the old town schoolhouse on Martin Road. It was an active school until 1962, when the town of Calais deeded it to a newly-formed local non-profit organization. In 2010, the Adamant Community Arts Center became the Club's offical 501(3) tax-exempt administrator.
Over the years many talented people have stepped in and added their particular expertise to keep it lively and in good condition.
It still has the slate blackboard, the portrait of George Washington, the huge windows for much needed light when electricity didn't exist in rural areas. Thanks to grants from the Division of Historic Preservation, the Vermont Arts Council Cultural Facilities program, and the Preservation Trust of Vermont, and donations from community members, the ACC is newly winterized, reroofed, and repainted.
It’s a wonderful performance venue — musicians who play here love the acoustics (and the fact that they are paid in money, not just sandwiches). Neighbors rent it for private parties or play readings, or retreats.
The Community Club has hosted community dinners, Co-op annual meetings, kids’ play groups, square dances, and has just generally been there as a space whenever someone needs a bigger living room.
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