Background
Jager was born in Binghamton, New York on August 25, 1939.
composer conductor musicologist
Jager was born in Binghamton, New York on August 25, 1939.
He completed his studies and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1968.
From 1962 to 1965 he was arranger/composer for the United States-Navy Armed Forces School of Music. He then went on to be the lecturer in composition and directing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. In 1971, he left Old Dominion University to become a professor at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee from which he retired in 2001. and in many cities within the United States.