MUSIC
Concerts to Munch By, hosted by the Butler County Symphony Association, continues Wednesday with the Butler Faculty Jazz Trio. Each week musicians will perform free, half-hour concerts starting at 12:15 p.m. at the symphony office, 259 S. Main St. The series runs Wednesdays through Aug. 22. Audience members are encouraged to take a lunch or buy one on site. Cookies and cold drinks are free. Call 724-283-1402, or visit www.butlersymphony.org.
A free weekly family summer concert series hosted by the Butler County Parks and Recreation Department is held in the Carousel Shelter at Alameda Park. Performing at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday will be Divine Ridge playing contemporary Christian music.
The Harmony summer concert series, presented by the Harmony Business Association, hosts the Blues Orphans from 7:30 to 9 p.m. July 19 in front of the Harmony Inn. Take your own seating.
Musicians' Concert Band performs tonight as well as July 26 and Aug. 2, all beginning at 7:30 p.m., at Butler Intermediate High School. The Aug. 2 concert will include the MCB Swing Band. Admission is $5. For information, visit the website www.musiciansconcertband.com.
Watermelon Wednesdays has four concerts from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays from July 11 to Aug. 1 in Slippery Rock Park. Performing Wednesday will be Midnight Express. Call 724-794-8180.
Historic Harmony hosts saxophonist Sean Murphy performing a musical tribute to George Rapp's Harmony Society at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Grace Church of Harmony, Main & Mercer streets. Admission is free. Call 724-452-7341 or 888-821-4822.
An American Music Festival featuring entertainment by Amanda Noah, The Grifters and Jazz Trio GSX is planned for 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. July 29 at the Succop Conservancy, 185 W. Airport Road, Penn Township. Entertainment and food will be available starting at 1 p.m. Admission is $30 and includes food by Medure's Catering and North Country Brewing and local wineries. Tickets are available at May's Music Shoppe, 247 E. Jefferson St., or at butleramrotary.com. Sponsored by the Butler AM Rotary, the event benefits the Butler County Family YMCA Strong Kids Campaign.
Hartwood Acres Amphitheater in Hampton Township hosts a free performance by singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Call 412-767-9200.The Center for Young Musicians has teamed up with the Passavant Hospital Foundation Legacy Music Series to host a series called Concerts in Community, held in the Legacy Theatre, 700 Cumberland Woods Drive, Allison Park. The series concludes with a Chamber Music Community Concert at 7 p.m. Friday. Admission is free. Call 724-935-0505.
American Wind Symphony Orchestra performs at 8 p.m. Saturday at Point State Park's Allegheny Wharf. The concert is also the official kickoff for the orchestra's Cuban Music and Art Festival. Call 724-779-8334 or visit www.americanwindsymphonyorchestra.org.
