POTSDAM -- Two concert bands will perform free concerts in Hosmer Hall next week.

On Friday, Jan. 23, the Northern Symphonic Winds will perform a concert titled “Generations” at 7:30 p.m. On Jan. 25 at 3 p.m., Syracuse’s the Central Winds will perform.

Northern Symphonic Winds, under the direction of Brian K. Doyle, will begin with “Slava!” by Leonard Bernstein of “West Side Story” fame. Next on the program is Joel Puckett’s recent piece entitled “it perched for vespers nine,” based on a line from the poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” followed by Frank Ticheli’s jazzy composition, “Blue Shades.”

Austrian composer Ernst Toch’s “Spiel” was written in 1926. Of Jewish descent, Toch left Europe when Hitler came to power and eventually settled in California, where he made his living wiring film scores. It will also include American composer Steven Bryant’s “Radiant Joy.” NSW’s program closes with the “Symphony in Bb” by Paul Hindemith, commissioned by Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Curry, commander of the United States Army Band, and first performed in Washington, D.C. in 1951.

Central Winds is celebrating 30 years with its Sunday afternoon concert under the direction of James Tapia and will open with Andrew Boysen’s “Frenzy.” Following will be music from the film “Schindler's List,” composed by John Williams.

Other music performed by the Central Winds will be Ron Nelson’s “Passacaglia,” which was the first piece to win all of the three major wind band composition prizes during one period. To end the program, the Central Winds will perform one of the best-known compositions in the Band literature, Percy Grainger’s “Lincolnshire Posy.”