Latest from The Allentown Band

 Tuesday November 26, 2025 was the 60th annual holiday dinner concert, which certainly has become an Allentown Band tradition. Over two hundred friends and supports gathered for this festive occasion at a new venue, the DeSales University Center in Center Valley. A highlight of this special evening was recognition of Dr. Demkee's 60 years of membership in The Allentown Band. Ron started his band career playing tuba, and of course has served almost fifty years as music director and conductor. On behalf of the board and membership, DeVaughn Roberts presented Ron with a shadowbox keepsake and read this statement from the board president Jon Conrad: Dear Ron,  Sixty years is an extraordinary milestone. It is remarkable to reflect on how far things have come since 1965, when you first joined the Allentown Band as a member of the tuba section and soloist under Bert Meyers. Just over a decade later, in November 1977, you were nominated and selected as conductor, beginning in 1978. Si...

THANK YOU TO ALL who have reserved a ticket for our annual Americans We Tribute to Veterans Holiday Concert tomorrow at Miller Symphony Hall. We are pleased to announce that the concert is SOLD OUT. All 1,100 seats are out. No tickets remain for this concert.. Thank your for your support. We look forward to seeing you soon. #acb Association of Concert Bands (ACB) , The Bach Choir of Bethlehem

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