Performing Arts

The following performing arts groups fall within the Office of Student Engagement.

  • Jazz Band

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    Jazz band members perform at various campus events throughout the year, and host two annual concerts — one in the fall and another in the spring.

  • Manhattan Singers

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    A traditional SATB choral group that performs a variety of repertoire from classical choral music to contemporary styles and everything in between. The group performs at our annual Festival of Lessons and Carols, a spring semester concert, and various other venues in the New York area and beyond.
  • Music Ministry

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    Students of all faiths are encouraged to join Music Ministry, an ensemble of piano players, organists, trained cantors, guitar players, woodwinds and percussion that perform together at University masses.
  • Orchestra

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    String, brass and woodwind musicians are invited to join the Manhattan University Orchestra. This group performs a concert each semester and plays a varied symphonic repertoire.

  • Pep Band

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    As part of the Spirit Squad, the Manhattan University Pep Band leads hundreds of screaming fans in spirited renditions of their favorite Top 40 hits during home men's and women's basketball games, post-season play and special tournaments.

  • Pipes and Drums

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    If green is Manhattan University's signature color, then its signature sound is the bagpipes, a musical tradition our Pipes and Drums band has carried on with flair since 1981.

  • Players

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    Aspiring Broadway stars finesse their performance skills with the Manhattan University Players, a student-led ensemble of actors and singers who put on a play in the fall and a musical in the spring, along with cabarets each semester.

  • Scatterbomb

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    Scatterbomb is Manhattan's student-run improvisational comedy troupe.

Performing Arts Virtual Concert Series

Watch this playlist of the Manhattan Singers, Players and Jazz Band performing from home.  Take a look behind the scenes