Carnegie Mellon University Kiltie Band

The Carnegie Mellon University Kiltie Band is the concert and marching band of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for wearing kilts, in recognition of the Scottish-American ancestry of Andrew Carnegie, the founder of the university. As of 2012, the band's director is music professor Paul Gerlach.
The band was formed in 1908 with seven members and has grown to more than 130 members.
It is a volunteer organization of current students, and some alumni. Members of the band come from a wide range of musical backgrounds, some with very little musical training before joining. The main goal of the Kiltie Band, however, is for its members to have fun, so this disparity in musical proficiency does not cause a problem. In any given year, the band is likely to have only one or two music majors. A majority of "Kilties" study various types of science or engineering, but some drama, history, or English majors join too.
The band appears in spring and winter concerts and at home football games; it performs its Scatter Show at halftime during Carnegie Mellon’s Homecoming game.<ref name=TTO />

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