Clemson University Tiger Band
| The Clemson University Tiger Band | |
|---|---|
| School | Clemson University |
| Location | Clemson, South Carolina |
| Conference | ACC |
| Director | Dr. Mark J. Spede |
| Assistant director | Mr. Tim Hurlburt |
| Members | 355 |
| Fight song | "Tiger Rag" |
| Website | https://www.clemson.edu/tigerband/ |
The Clemson University Tiger Band serves as the Marching Band, Color Guard, Tiger Dancers and Tiger Twirlers of Clemson University. The marching band component of the band is made up of wind instruments, percussion, and auxiliary units, including the piccolo, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, baritone, and sousaphone. To the thousands of fans, it is known as the Tiger Band, or better yet the "band that shakes the Southland". Composed of over 300 members, Tiger Band's mission is to provide inspiring spirit and entertainment to not only the university, but beyond.
The band performs during every halftime show for the Clemson football team, traveling to as many away games as possible, as well as participating in several post-season events, including Champ Sports, Peach, Humanitarian, Gator, Independence, Citrus, Hall of Fame and Orange Bowl games. The Color Guard also performs during the off-season as the Clemson Winterguard. The team participates in competitions through the winter and early spring.
The Tiger Twirlers and Tiger Dancers are important members of the Tiger Band, and they perform any time the full band is performing together. This includes pep rallies, pre-game and halftime performances at home games, some away games, the First Friday Parade, bowl games, and other major performances. The Tiger Twirlers and Tiger Dancers are a large part of the visual component of the Tiger Band's performance, and they bring more excitement to the show.
Before the 1950s, Clemson University was strictly a military college. Even though it did not accept civilian students, there was always a band of some sort, most often a Cadet Corps band. In the mid-1930s (around 1935), Dr. Edward Jones Freeman (for whom Freeman Hall, an educational building on Clemson's campus, is named) wrote a fight song for the school called "Tiger Rah," a song which would eventually be reintroduced to the university in the 2002 football season.
In 1937, the band, then known as "The Clemson College Band Company," broke into four different bands: the Parade Band, the Concert Band, the Junior Band, and the College Dance Orchestra.
In 1938, the Clemson Concert Band performed on a nationally broadcast radio program on NBC.
In 1955, Clemson College was opened up to the civilian population as a public college, and in that year, the band was renamed to its current name, the "Tiger Band."
During the 1960s, the Clemson Tiger Band began to expand their horizons. In 1961, the Tiger Band received a permanent building that included a library and rooms for practice, offices, and storage. That year baton twirlers were also added to the Tiger Band ensemble.
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