About Jair
Klarfeld: Jair Klarfeld is currently an associate
director at Union High School in Tulsa, OK. He serves
as a senior staff member of the award-winning Renegade
Regiment marching band, and has directed the Senior
H.S. Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, the Senior H.S.
Jazz Ensemble, the Intermediate H.S. Jazz Ensemble and
the 8th grade Band.
Klarfeld received a Bachelor
of Music Education degree from the University of
Oklahoma in 1978. He has held teaching positions at
West Columbia H.S. (TX), Memorial H.S. (OK), Westland
H.S. (OH), Jenks H.S. (OK), and his current position
at Union H.S.
He holds professional
memberships in the National Educators Association
(N.E.A.), Music Educators National Conference
(M.E.N.C.), International Association of Jazz
Educators (I.A.J.E.), Technology Institute for Music
Educators (T.I.M.E.), Oklahoma Music Educators
Association (O.M.E.A.), Oklahoma Bandmasters
Association (O.B.A.), Texas Music Educators
Association (T.M.E.A.).
In addition to his teaching
responsibilities, he is active as a professional
freelance musician as well as a music arranger. He has
performed with the Oklahoma City Symphony, Ponca City
Symphony, Bartlesville Symphony, Tulsa Philharmonic,
Tulsa Starlight Band, Oklahoma Chamber Symphony
performing Europe, various Big Bands and Jazz Combos.
He has also performed with the following professional
touring shows: Ice Capades and Barnum & Bailey
Circus Band.
Some of the professional
musicians he has had the honor to perform with are
Chet Baker, Maureen McGovern, Clark Terry, Marian
McPartland and others. He has had the honor to perform
under the baton of Vaclav Nelhybel and Aaron Copland.
As a Jazz band director, he
has had the honor and pleasure to have the following
musicians work with and perform with his High School
and Intermediate High School Jazz Ensembles at Union:
Dr. Willie Hill Jr., Dr. Lou Fischer, Chris Vadalla,
Jamey Aebersold, Earl Clark, Matt Wilson, Paul
Wertico, Robin Eubanks, Maynard Ferguson, and Wynton
Marsalis.