The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Music’s Faculty Brass Quintet, in partnership with University Hospital, is set for a new series of monthly “First Thursday” pops concerts in the hospital atrium. The first performance is scheduled for noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, with subsequent concerts scheduled for Oct. 2, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4, 2014, as well as Jan. 8, Feb. 5, March 5, April 2 and May 7, 2015. The concerts, designed to offer entertainment for hospital patients, guests and employees, are free and open to the public.