SELINSGROVE — The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra will present the concert “Meet Me at the Fair: Sights & Sounds from the Great World’s Fairs” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17, in Susquehanna University’s Stretansky Concert Hall in the Cunningham Center for Music & Art, according to a press release.

The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra is the world’s only year-round professional ensemble dedicated to recreating “America’s Original Music” — the syncopated sounds of early musical theater, silent cinema and vintage dance. The orchestra was founded after Rick Benjamin, adjunct professor of music at Susquehanna University, discovered thousands of early 20th-century orchestra scores belonging to Victrola recording star Arthur Pryor in 1985.

The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra made its formal debut in 1988 at Alice Tully Hall, marking the first Lincoln Center concert by such an ensemble. Since then, the group has performed at hundreds of prominent arts venues worldwide and gained a loyal following through radio broadcasts on WQXR, NPR programs such as “All Things Considered” and “Performance Today,” and international networks including the BBC and Voice of America.

The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra’s performance is presented as part of Susquehanna University’s inaugural “Symposium on Historic American Music.”

Tickets can be purchased at the box office or by calling 570-372-ARTS.