The Allentown Band, Inc.

Annual Side-by-Side Concert

(Last Updated: February 24, 2024)

Each spring since 2005, The Allentown Band has presented an ambitious program with participation by advanced high school student musicians from high schools throughout the Lehigh Valley and surrounding area.

It is an honor for the Allentown Band to have these gifted high school musicians join Side-by-Side in concert at Allentown's historic and beautiful Miller Symphony Hall.

The Allentown Band's 2024 Side by Side Concert will be held at 4:00 PM, Sunday April 28th at Miller Symphony Hall. We are pleased to announce that Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombone with the New York Philharmonic, will be our featured soloist. The program will be conducted by Ronald Demkee and Guest Conductor Col. John R. Bougeois (ret.) conductor emeritus of the United States Marine Band, "The President's Own." Admission is free but tickets are rquired. Contact Miller Symphony Hall Box Office 610.432.6716, or order online at www.millersymphonyhall.org.

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Guest Conductor
Col. John R. Bourgeois (Ret)



Guest Soloist
Joseph Alessi, trombone