About BCSWE
Different lives.
A shared love of music.
The Beaver County Symphonic Wind Ensemble brings musicians from diverse backgrounds together through a shared passion for music performance.
Based in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1974.
The American Community Band
A place to play.
A reason to listen.
We strive to provide quality, live music concerts for local communities that enlighten, uplift, and educate audiences through the rich heritage and ongoing vital role of the American Community Band.
Our mission is to offer musicians of varying age and skill levels a means of developing and expressing their musical skills and to foster and inspire a love for music in our ensemble members.
In concert
From wind band classics
to familiar favorites.
Our repertoire ranges from popular marches and wind band classics to hit songs from movies, musicals, and current pop tunes.
Alongside the Summer Pops in the Park concert series, the ensemble performs a fall concert and a holiday concert in December.
Explore the music
Beaver & Lawrence Counties
Music, close to home.
The ensemble has performed at venues throughout Beaver and Lawrence Counties, including:
Quay Park and Irvine Park (Beaver); Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center Alumni Hall (Midland); Penn State Beaver and Community College of Beaver County (Center Twp.); 37th Street Park (Beaver Falls).
Townsend Park (New Brighton); P.J. Caul Park (Ambridge); Ellwood City Community Plaza (Ellwood City), and more.
Our ensemble story
The people behind
the music.
Past conductors
Ted Nevin (2005–2018)
Michael Dingfelder, Assistant Conductor (2006–2018)
Ron Steffanina (2002–2004)
Patrick Mancini (1984–2001)
H.J. Howarth, Jr. (1974–1983), Founding Director
The H.J. Howarth, Jr. Award
In 2023, BCSWE began recognizing members who have retired or have displayed outstanding service and dedication to the ensemble through the H.J. Howarth, Jr. Award.
2023 — Steve Schupay
2024 — Jean Busack, Kathy Hamsher, Robert Hamsher, James McIlvain, Nancy Schaffer
Come listen
Be part of
the music.
Whether you’re a lifelong supporter of the arts or new to wind ensemble music, we invite you to experience the power and beauty of live music with us.