NATCHITOCHES — The NSU Percussion Ensemble and Steel PanDEMONium Band will perform their first concert of the year at Northwestern State University on Friday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. A live stream of the concert will be available at nsula.edu/capa/capalivestream.

The concert will feature chamber works for percussion ensemble by Matthew Curley, Ayanna Woods, Cy Miessler and Marc Mellits. The Steel Band will perform charts by Maroon 5 and Tyler Swick and will have a tribute piece to steel pan pioneer and innovator Spree Simon.