JAGER, ROBERT

Robert Edward Jager is a popular American composer whose honors include receiving the American Bandmasters Association’s Ostwald Award (three times), the National Orchestra Association’s Roth Award (twice), and Kappa Kappa Psi’s Distinguished Service to Music Medal. Other awards have been received from the American School Band Directors Association and Pi Kappa Lambda—in 1973 he was named Tennessee Composer of the Year. Jager was born in Binghamtom, New York, in 1939 and received his music degrees...