Paragon Ragtime Orchestra; Rick Benjamin; Part One; October 09 2025

Rick Benjamin, Founder, Artistic Director & Conductor of the
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, speaking about his decades-long
work recording with and leading the PRO, in anticipation of a new
album titled, "Meet Me at the Fair: Sounds from the Great American
World's Fairs" and a concert of that music on Friday, October 17, 2025,
at 7:30 pm in Stretansky Concert Hall on the campus of Susquehanna
University in Selinsgrove. The performance is part of the inaugural
Symposium on Historic American Music at Susquehanna, Oct 16 - 18, 2025.
For more information: susqu.edu/symposium and
www.paragonragtime.com
This is the first of a two-part conversation.