(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Beaver Valley Choral Society, Caption for Photo: Mrs. Silverstein, center, proudly holds her Purple Baton, with (left) Sharon R. Burchill, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor and Jim Angeloni (right), President of the BVCS.

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) Deborah R. Silverstein, a member of the artistic staff of the Beaver Valley Choral Society, received the Purple Baton on March 28 during the group’s Lenten concert at the Trophimus Center. The Purple Baton is an initiative that recognizes women conductors in classical music and promotes greater representation of women as music directors and conductors. The program also encourages orchestras to invite more women to the podium.