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This year's  Allentown Band 's annual Youth Concert reached over 1,600 enthusiastic students from area school districts who came to Allentown's  Miller Symphony Hall , where they experienced the Jose Francisco Salgado's award winning film -The Universe at an Exhibition, set to Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" in a program that magically merged science, visual art and music. Thanks to astronomer/film maker Dr. Salgado for informative remarks preceding the film and thanks to the members of the  Allentown Band  for an inspired performance of Mussorgsky's master work.

  The Allentown Band and the Salvation Army New York Staff Band For the benefit of people affected by  the Texas Floods and California Wildfires Ticket information- Tickets will also be available at the door https://millersymphonyhall.org/event/sounds-of-hollywood/

  The ALLENTOWN BAND, Ronald Demkee, Conductor plays Opera and Broadway Favorites 7:00 pm, Tuesday August 12, Waldheim Park, 2400 South Hall Street, Allentown, free 7:00 pm, Thursday, August 14, Christ Lutheran Church, 1245 Hamilton St., Allentown, free We are very excited to present this brilliant music from Opera and Broadway featuring two remarkable artists: Grace Lerew, soprano and Daniel Rodriguez, tenor. This is a program that affords listeners the luxury of hearing many of their favorite arias or Broadway hits, all within the space of ninety minutes. At Waldheim, concert goers are seated in the beautiful outdoor Tabernacle, which is covered by a breathtaking arched roof and features excellent acoustics. The concert will be repeated at Allentown’s Christ Lutheran Church, which also provides wonderful acoustics, and will be joined by Summer Harmony, the Lehigh Valley’s premier men’s chorus.  The band opens the program with Richard Wagner's stirring Prelude to Act III from...

  Our annual concert programmed in the Sousa style, originally scheduled for Friday June 27th, has been rescheduled for Friday August 8 at 7:30 PM in beautiful West Park. Our soloist for this concert is Clearnce Weber, euphonium, playing "Beautiful Colorado". Clearnce Weber

By now you probably have noticed the new event calendar on the band's schedule page. This new format provides more information along with photos in an updated format.  If you are a Google Calendar user, you may already have added our shared Google Calendar to your own Google Calendar. Going forward, the Google Calendar is NOT going to be maintained. Instead, anyone can subscribe to the new calendar. Not only can it be integrated into Google Calendar, but users of iCalendar, Outlook and others also can add the new calendar. Here's now: From allentownband.com, select Schedule Scroll to the bottom of the event list and select "View Calendar" The new page shows an expanded list, and includes options to view by month, day, etc. Simply scroll down to the bottom of the expanded list. Near the bottom of the page there is a "Subscribe to Calendar" button: Click on "Subscribe to Calendar" Choose an appropriate option from the displayed list. For example, if ...

  The Allentown Band is pleased and excited to announce these upcoming programs: In September, the band presents a joint concert with the Salvation Army New York Staff Band to benefit the Salvation Army's relieve efforts in fire-ravaged southern California. Joint Benefit Concert with the Salvation Army New York Staff Band September 5, 2025, Miller Symphony Hall https://millersymphonyhall.org/event/sounds-of-hollywood/ In November, our annual Youth Concerts also are presented as a family concert: Universe at an Exhibition Family Concert November 1, 2025, Miller Symphony Hall https://millersymphonyhall.org/event/the-universe-at-an-exhibition/ And also in November, we salute all veterans and welcome the holiday season. For the first time ever, this is a joint concert with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem! Americans We Tribute to Veterans Holiday Concert, November 19, 2025, Miller Symphony Hall https://millersymphonyhall.org/event/americans-we-tribute-to-veterans-holiday-concert/