Your Butler County Symphony Orchestra just finished its 70th concert season. A milestone not only for the BCSO, but for the community that supports it. The Butler County Community is the cornerstone for the BCSO, with over 40% of the orchestras income for the 2018-2019 season coming from Individual & Business donors while ticket sales […]

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Published by the Butler Eagle on March 4th, 2019.  By Maggie Stock, Eagle Correspondent  BUTLER TWP — Silent films were never intended to be silent experiences. Movie audiences watched those black and white wonders while listening to a musician at an upright piano or theater organ, or in some cases small orchestras, play the soundtrack […]

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For more information and to purchase tickets CLICK HERE  Dance with Butler County Celebrities is presented by Dance with Pittsburgh Celebrities. Eight Butler County celebrities will be paired up with professional ballroom dancers, who will each choreograph a two minute routine. Dance teams will compete for the judges’ award, and a people’s choice award. The […]

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Vocalist Elary Mede of IUP won the 2019 BCSO Collegiate Concerto Competition and will perform her selections with the Butler Symphony on Sunday, April 14th at the concert “Fire & Water.” Elary will perform her three winning selections from the competition when she joins the BCSO on stage in april. Vocal Selections “Summertime” from Gershwin’s Porgy […]

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  While it is sad to see Elizabeth retire, it gives us an opportunity to celebrate her long and fruitful musical career here at the Butler County Symphony Orchestra. Elizabeth Cramer began her time with the Butler County Symphony Orchestra in the 1986-87 concert season under the baton of Conductor Dr. Paul Chenevy. “During those […]

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Maggie Stock, Eagle Correspondent BUTLER TWP — A concert themed “Nordic Winters” was certainly appropriate after the week of experiencing a polar vortex, but there were no sub-zero moments at the Butler County Symphony Orchestra concert Saturday evening at the Butler Intermediate High School. Maestro Matthew Kraemer did, however, tell the audience before he began […]

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Elary Mede, Vocalist (Soprano) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has been unanimously selected as the winner of the Butler County Symphony Orchestra’s Collegiate Concerto Competition. On Sunday, January 27th 2019 the Butler County Symphony Orchestra hosted the Collegiate Concerto Competition at Slippery Rock University in Swope Music Hall. There were 16 participants representing Slippery Rock […]

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The posters that have been put up around Butler County for the upcoming Nordic Winters concert list the incorrect date (Feb 3rd) The concert will take place on Saturday, February 2nd at 7:30 PM. To purchase tickets, click here.  We apologize for this mistake.  

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