Boston College Marching Band The Boston College Marching Band ( BCMB ) , also known as the Boston College " Screaming Eagles " Marching Band , is the marching band for the Boston College Eagles . Founded in 1919 , The Band is the largest and most visible student organization at Boston College . The Band represents the school at home football games , most bowl games , international events , and parades . Band . The Boston College Marching Band has over 180 members and is under the direction of David Healey . The Band consists of the following sections : high brass , low brass , woodwind s , battery , front ensemble , dance team , and color guard . Professional section instructors and student leaders oversee and facilitate all rehearsals and performances . While audition s are not required for instrumentalists , they are required for visual team members and are also required for the positions of assistant conductor as well as Drum Major . While most members of the BCMB are students of Boston College , the Band also has a partner - school program . The program incorporates a wide variety of students from Boston based institutions . Prominent schools include Berklee College of Music , Emerson College , Emmanuel College , Northeastern University , Simmons College , Suffolk University , and Wentworth Institute of Technology . All Boston area college students can join the Band . The Band performs two different half - time show s a year , in the drum and bugle corps style of marching . These half - time shows , which are 6 minutes in length , usually consist of 30 - 40 sets . The Band also performs in the stands during the game , electrifying the fans with a wide repertoire of music . Their current halftime show arranger is composer and arranger Tim Leonelli , who was a former member of the DCI Concord Blue Devils from 2007 - 2011 . Music and performances . The Band performs at every home football game . Additionally , the Band has played at parades in the Boston area and travels to away games each season , except for the 2009 season ( see below ) . Regular season destinations included the University of Maryland , Clemson University . Postseason travel has taken the Band to Jacksonville , Florida for the ACC Championship Game , Orlando , Florida for the Champs Sports Bowl , Dublin , Ireland for the Emerald Isle Classic and the Yokohama Bowl in Yokohama , Japan . In the 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 season , the Band traveled to Canada to perform a pre - game and halftime routine for the Montreal Alouettes . Three hours before kickoff , the Boston College Marching Band parades through Lower Campus and leads the football team into Alumni Stadium . Afterward , The Band performs a short concert on the steps of Silvio O . Conte Forum . Before the football game starts , the Marching Band performs " The Pre - Game Show . " Pre - Game starts with a High - Brass Fanfare , performed by the Trumpets and Mellophones . The Band then prances out onto the field and performs a series of BC fight songs . First , the Band performs " Sons of Maroon and Gold " , and " All Up For Boston , " . The Band then salutes the opposing team by playing their fight song . The Band then proudly performs the nation ' s oldest fight song " For Boston . " During " For Boston , " the Band forms the letters " BC " on the field , and during the final phrases , " italicizes " the letters to match the school ' s logo . In the stands , the Band also plays a variety of music . After every first down , the Band plays a short , 4 - bar fanfare similar to " For Boston , " the school ' s fight song . The Band also plays numerous cheers , such as " E - A - G - L - E - S , " and " Booty Drop " . Some songs the Band played during the 2012 - 13 season were : The Band also performs versions of Neil Diamond ' s " Sweet Caroline " and The Foundations ' " Build Me Up Buttercup , " both of which have become traditions at Boston College . Additionally , the Band has performed the national anthem at Fenway Park , and on June 16 , 2009 the Band opened for Aerosmith and the Dropkick Murphys at the Comcast Center in Mansfield , Massachusetts . The Band also performed " I ' m Shipping Up to Boston " live onstage with the Dropkick Murphys at the Bank of America Pavillion in Boston on September 21 , 2012 . The Band was also selected to perform at the Second inauguration of Barack Obama in Washington , DC on January 21 , 2013 .