Jair Klarfeld composer

Jair Klarfeld was born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Wichita, Kansas where he attended Wichita
Heights High School. He continued his education and received his Bachelors Degree in Music Education
at the University of Oklahoma. In his twenty-nine years of teaching high school, he has had the honor
of working with the some of the finest students in Texas, Oklahoma, and Ohio. His writing skills were
first recognized at a national level when he was a band director at Union High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma).
In 2007, Jair retired from public school education in Texas to begin composing and arranging full time.
Jair has been arranging music for marching bands, jazz ensembles, concert band, orchestra, and other
musical ensembles for more than 20 years. Over 400 high school marching bands across the country
have performed his original compositions and arrangements. Many bands have been very successful at
local, state, regional, and national competitions including Bands of America Grand Nationals, BOA
regional competitions, USSBA State competitions, and Holiday and Fiesta Bowl marching competitions.
Jair’s arrangements have been performed by the University of Miami (regular games/National
Championship Bowl game), University of Florida, University of New Mexico, and Illinois State
University marching bands. Jair and his wife Debbie, have been married for 34 years and have one son
– Jason. Jason currently works in the Los Angeles music industry placing music in movies, television
shows, and advertisements