The Allentown Band “Side by Side Concert” presented “The Twenties Roar,” 4 p.m. May 1, Miller Symphony Hall, Allentown.

Allentown Band Conductor Ronald Demkee shared the podium with Loras Schissel, Conductor of the Virginia Grand Military Band and Senior Musicologist, Library of Congress, for a program of music from the 1920s.

The Allentown Band is joined by top high school musicians from the Lehigh Valley region for the second half of the program. Participating student musicians are selected based on their talent and the recommendation of their band directors.

The program was: Part 1, The Allentown Band: “St. Louis Blues March,” W.C. Handy, arranged by Jerry Gray; “Symphonic Gershwin”: “American in Paris,” “Cuban Overture,” “Rhapsody in Blue”; “Chicago,” John Kander, arranged by Ted Rickets; “Humoresque on ‘Look for the Silver Lining,’” Jerome Kern, John Phillip Sousa; “Pierrot and Pierrette,” Henry Hadley, arranged by M.L. Lake; Loras Schissel conducting

Part 2, The Allentown Band, with students: “Twentiana,” popular songs from the 1920s, Hawley Ades; “New York 1927,” Warren Barker; “Mardi Gras” from “Mississippi Suite,” Ferde Grofe; “Washington Memorial March,” John Phillip Sousa; Loras Schissel conducting; “Stars and Stripes Forever,” John Phillip Sousa; Loras Schissel conducting

The 2022 “Side-by-Side” high school students are: Flutes, Dayna Dengler, Northwestern Lehigh; Maya dos Santos, Pocono Mountain West; Emily Raffaele, East Stroudsburg South; Piccolo, Sophia Isom, Emmaus; Oboe, Talha Chaudhry, East Stroudsburg South; Bassoons, Rayne Dobrowolski, Lehigh Valley Charter Arts; Julia McDonnell, Emmaus; Clarinets, Destini Brown-Greene, Pocono Mountain West; Gabriela Caban, East Stroudsburg South; Katherine DeAngelo, Kutztown; Vivian Zhong, Emmaus; Bass Clarinet, Nikita Mendelsohn, Bangor Area; Alto Saxophone, Lucas Mattingly, Parkland; Cornets, Noah Moey, Pocono Mountain West; Mitchell Roth, Parkland; Alec Rubery, Freedom; Trumpets, Casey Baker, Bangor Area; Kaida Heintzelman, Parkland; French Horns, Zach Bernhart; Emmaus; John Coulter; Freedom; Charles Fassl, Bangor Area; Dejay Pena, Pocono Mountain West; Trombones, Evan Finkbeiner, Bangor Area; Ryan Sloan, Bangor Area; Euphoniums, Alena Attieh, Parkland; Katelyn Attieh, Parkland, and Percussion, Elizabeth Rutt, Bangor Area.

The concert was free and open to the public. There was reserved seating. Tickets were expected to be available at the door, Miller Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown.