POTSDAM – Northern Symphonic Winds will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at SUNY Potsdam’s Hosmer Hall.

The concert will consist of a varied selections ranging from music of John Philip Sousa to Yasuhide Ito.

Under the direction of Brian Doyle and Scott LaVine, Of Time and Place will transport audience members, starting with Ito’s “Festal Scenes,” written 30 years ago and based on four Japanese folk songs. Ito says he “was inspired to write Festal Scenes after receiving a letter from a wandering philosophical friend in Shanghai, who said ‘everything seems like Paradise blooming all together. Life is a festival, indeed.'”

Moving to 17th century England, Kenneth Hesketh’s “Danceries” is in four movements, entitled “Lull me beyond thee,” “Catching of Quails,” “My Lady's Rest,” and “Quodling's delight.”

John Philip Sousa composed “The Pathfinder of Panama” march to commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal. The “Pathfinder” in the title of the march refers not to an individual, but to the Panama Canal itself, an engineering marvel that shortened the ocean voyage between San Francisco and New York by approximately 8,000 miles and continues to have an incalculable impact on the shipping of goods and passengers worldwide.

Following American composer Frank Ticheli’s “Postcard,” a journey of non-stop energy, NSW will perform Pulitzer prize-winning composer Norman Dello Joio’s “Variants on a Medieval Tune.” The piece consists of an introduction and a set of five variations on “In Dulci Jubilo” (in sweet rejoicing), a tune probably dating from 1305. Used in music for centuries, the tune is best known as the Christmas carol, “Good Christian Men Rejoice.”

The concert ends with Alfred Reed’s popular “Armenian Dances,” which is based on five Armenian folk songs. Like Dello Joio’s “Variants,” this piece takes the audience on another journey of great beauty, reflection, and exciting adventures.

Tickets for the performance are available at Brick & Mortar Music and at the door and are $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and students will be admitted free of charge.