艾可直播

Today鈥檚 艾可直播 College Bands Program began as a military band founded by Robert Parsons, S.J., a professor of chemistry at the Heights during the late 1910s/early 1920s. Working with student conductor J. Carey Martin of the Class of 1921, Fr. Parsons converted the band into a contemporary concert and athletic-event ensemble model in 1919. The band made its official debut at a BC-Yale football game, leading a snake dance prior to the kick-off on the BC football field and down Commonwealth Avenue to Lake Street.

Since then, the program has grown to encompass six distinct ensembles, all of which regularly perform on and off the Heights. In past years, The Marching Band has performed for the Red Sox, the Celtics, ESPN College 鈥淕ame Day,鈥� and the Heisman Trophy Dinner, marched in the Macy鈥檚 Thanksgiving Day Parade and the 2013 inaugural parade for President Obama, and appeared at the College Football Classic in Ireland. The Pep Band has traveled to basketball and hockey (men鈥檚 and women鈥檚) games, including regular, post-season, and tournaments, across the country. The r茅sum茅 for BC bOp! includes New York City鈥檚 Carnegie Hall,听Downbeat听magazine鈥檚 Jazzfest in Florida, and the Reno Jazz Festival in Nevada.

At BC Bands鈥� 100-year celebration in 2019, former BC Bands Director Sebastian Bonaiuto described the program as being in harmony with BC鈥檚 educational and formative mission.听

鈥淥ne of the foundations of a liberal arts education has long been that experience in and knowledge of the arts is integral to being an educated person,鈥� he said. 鈥淏C has many excellent students from all over the world who come here with considerable musical experience and skills, and want to be able to use them. Making these opportunities available makes these students鈥� college lives more meaningful, and helps them fulfill their passions.鈥�

听