Orchard Park Symphony

The Orchard Park Symphony Orchestra was established in 1949 by eight musicians in the living room of Parl Brooks’ home on Clark Street in Orchard Park. Being able to draw professional and amateur musicians alike, it has been the pleasure of the Orchard Park Symphony Orchestra to be YOUR Symphony in the Southtowns. With the assistance of the Orchard Park Central School District’s Community Education Program, the embryonic orchestra retained its first conductor, Joesph Wincenc. The Orchestra’s first concert featured Betty Smith as its first solo artist performing the second movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 12 in A Major. Since then, the OPSO has been able to continue because of the generous support of its patrons.