Robert Jager
Biography
Robert Jager (b. 25 August 1939, Binghamton, New York) is an American composer, conductor, arranger and educator.
He studied at the University of Michigan with William Revelli and Elizabeth Green before joining the U.S. Navy, where for four years he served as the Staff Arranger at the Armed Forces School of Music. Jager taught at Old Dominion University and Tennessee Tech University, where he was Professor of Music and Director of Theory and Composition. He retired from Tennessee Tech in May 2001 as professor emeritus.
Jager has over 150 published compositions for band, orchestra and various chamber groupings, with more than 35 commissions including the United States Marine Band and the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra. He has won a number of awards for his music, being the only three-time winner of the American Bandmasters Association's Ostwald Award. In addition, he has won the Roth Award twice (National School Orchestra Association); received Kappa Kappa Psi's Distinguished Service to Music Medal in the area of composition in 1973; and won the 1975 Friends of Harvey Gaul bicentennial competition. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha, Kappa Kappa Psi, the American Bandmasters Association, and ASCAP. He is an active composer, conductor, and lecturer throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Europe, and Japan.
Works for Winds
- Apocalypse (1972)
- Appalachian Carol Festival (1983)
- Blithe Bells (as arranger) (1989)
- Bold Venture (1990)
- Carpathian Sketches (1978)
- Cliff Island Suite (1990)
- Chorale and Toccata (1967/1971)
- Colonial Airs and Dances (1987)
- A Commemorative Suite (1987)
- Concert in the Park (2004)
- Concerto for Band (1981)
- Concerto for Bass Tuba and Concert Band (1981)
- Concerto for Euphonium and Band (1985)
- Concerto for Percussion and Band (1984)
- Concerto No. 2 for Alto Saxophone (1977)
- Courage to Serve March (1971)
- Diamond Variations (1968)
- Eagle Rock Overture (1986)
- Epilogue: "Lest We Forget" (1992)
- Esprit de Corps (1984)
- Eternal Vigilance (2008)
- First Suite for Band (1995)
- Hebraic Rhapsody (2000)
- Heroic Saga (1986)
- Highland Fling (2005)
- In Sunshine and Shadows (2004)
- Japanese Prints (1976)
- Joan of Arc (2008)
- Jubilate (1978)
- The Last Full Measure of Devotion (1995)
- Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire (1997/2013)
- Litany (1981)
- Lord, Guard and Guide (1993)
- March Dramatic (1967/1996)
- March of the Dragonmasters (1984)
- Meditations on an Old Scottish Hymn Tune (1993)
- Mystic Chords of Memory (1999/2001)
- Old Time Spirit (1986/1997)
- Pastorale and Country Dance (1979)
- Potomac Festival Overture (1990)
- Preamble (1975)
- Prelude: Concert Liberte (1976)
- Prelude on an Old Southern Hymn (1983)
- A Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire. See: Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire
- Second Suite (1965)
- Shivaree (1976)
- Sinfonia Hungarica (1998)
- Sinfonia Noblissima (1965)
- Sinfonietta (1973)
- Stars and Bars (1965)
- Suite from "Edvard Munch" (1967/1996)
- Symphony for Band (1965)
- Symphony No. 2 (1976)
- Symphony No. 3 (2003/2018)
- Tableau (1982)
- The Tennessean March (1968)
- Testament (1988)
- Third Suite (1966)
- Three Chinese Miniatures (1993)
- To Music (2003)
- The Tour de Force March (1970)
- Triumph and Tradition (1985)
- Uncommon Valor March (1991)
- Under the Big Top (1987)
- Variants on the Air Force Hymn (2000)
- Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann (1968)
- The Wall (1993)
- The World Turned Upside Down (1983)
Resources
- Camphouse, Mark, editor. (2004) Composers on Composing for Band. Volume 2. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 125–167.
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 121.
- Robert E. Jager. Wikipedia. Accessed 21 July 2022