Riverdale, NY - The Manhattan College Pipes & Drums will play at halftime of the Jaspers' game against Monmouth on Friday, February 10 at 9:00 pm.
Formed in 1981 under the guidance of Brother Kenneth Fitzgerald, F.S.C. and the musical training of Captain Robert Hogan, M.B.A.,'82, of the Pipes & Drums of the New York City
Police Department Emerald Society, the band consists of a mix of current students, alumni, alumnae and faculty.
The young men and women of Manhattan are trained in the fundamentals of bagpiping, drumming, and marching. The band is well represented by first generation Irish-Americans and welcomes all members of the Manhattan College community regardless of background.
The musical repertoire is drawn from the traditional airs and marches of Ireland as well as from contemporary and traditional American selections. The band makes regular appearances at a number of parades and social events in the New York metropolitan area and annually leads the administration, faculty, students, graduates and friends of Manhattan College up Fifth Avenue on St. Patrick's Day. Additionally, the band has performed in the Bunker Hill Day parade held in Boston, opened for the Mighty Mighty Bostones in Roseland Ballroom in New York City, played the “Holiday Express Benefit Concert Christmas Spectacular” at the Continental Airlines Arena, and consecutive years in Frank Patterson's annual show held at Carnegie Hall. The band
has received a number of awards for outstanding performances at these events.
The band is also one of the few American based organizations to participate in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, Ireland and winning First Place for College Bands and for College Pipe Bands in numerous New York City St. Patrick's Day Parades.
The Manhattan College Pipes & Drums field a complement of thirty to forty pipers and drummers and is under the musical guidance of Pipe Major Michael Scire, B.A., '13; the Director is Michael Hogan, B.S., '91.
