[RP TownTalk] music at the Riversdale Mansion *today* and Nov 24

[Dwight Holmes]

apparently there's music at the mansion today! and again on Nov 24th. The
concerts are FREE and run from 2:30-3:30 pm.

*University of Maryland Fall Concert Series at Riversdale*

RIVERDALE PARK, MD— Born at Riversdale in 1808, Charles Benedict Calvert
founded the

Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland College Park.
This November,

the University Music Fellowship Program and Riversdale House Museum are
partnering to

present a fall concert series.

Visitors are invited to enjoy the sounds of District 5, the University’s
Graduate Fellowship

Wind Quintet, on Sunday, November 3 and the US Army Field Band Clarinet
Quartet on

Sunday, November 24. The concerts are FREE and run from 2:30-3:30 pm.

Make it an afternoon at Riversdale with a tour of the historic home prior
to the performances.

Admission is $3 adults/$2 seniors/$1 students/FREE children 4 & under and
tours begin at the

Visitor Center at 12:15, 12:45, and 1:15 pm.

District 5 is one of the two Graduate Fellowship Chamber Ensembles at the
UMD School of

Music. Funded by the Smith Plan for Excellence, the Graduate Fellowship
Chamber Ensembles

benefit from intensive chamber music study with University of Maryland
School of Music

faculty and other renowned artists, featured performances at the Clarice
Smith Center,

professional development support, tuition remission and a generous stipend.

The US Army Field Band Clarinet Quartet was formed in 1989 as an official
ensemble of the

Musical Ambassadors of the Army and has been featured at a variety of
professional

conferences throughout the country. This ensemble is an active participant
in the Army Field

Band’s educational outreach programs, performing and presenting master
classes for students

ranging from pre-school to postgraduate.

Riversdale, a National Historic Landmark, is located at 4811 Riverdale Road
in the town of

Riverdale Park, Maryland 20737. This facility is owned and operated by the
Maryland-National

Capital Park and Planning Commission, Department of Parks and Recreation,
Prince George’s

County.
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