Concert Bands
The Prairie View bands are made up of over 200 middle school students (grades 6-8). Bands are split up by grade. Each band rehearses on an A/B schedule (alternating with phy-ed classes) during the school day. Generally, the bands perform in two formal concerts each school year, with potential for a few other small performances.
W.I.N.
WIN (what I need) time is held on Wednesdays and Thursdays and allows band students to participate in many different band enrichment activities and ensembles that are available throughout the year. These include:
- Jazz Band (7th and 8th grade)
- Drum Club
- Garage Band
- Individual/Small Group Practice Time
- Jazz Band (7th and 8th grade)
- Drum Club
- Garage Band
- Individual/Small Group Practice Time
Who is Mr. Jaeger?
Mr. Joe Jaeger has been an active music educator, director, marching arts show designer, and performer in the Twin Cities area since 2009. He is currently the middle school band director at Prairie View Middle School in Otsego, MN (ISD 728), and the director of the 728 Cadets Marching Arts. He has instructed and arranged for marching band and indoor percussion at Rosemount HS, Eden Prairie HS, 728 Cadets Marching Arts, River Valley Percussion Theatre, Blaine HS, Armstrong HS, Baldwin/Woodville HS, and many more. In 2014 he spent the summer as the percussion caption head for Chops Drum and Bugle Corps and has since been the battery coordinator for Minnesota Brass Drum and Bugle Corps/Indoor Drumline. He was also on staff as a snare technician for the world class DCI corps Seattle Cascades. He has spent many years teaching percussion lessons and classes in a freelance setting, and in schools throughout the Twin Cities area, including Rosemount High School, Rogers Middle School, and Harding High School.
Mr. Jaeger has an Associate in Fine Arts/Music degree from Normandale Community College and a bachelor's degree in music education from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Aside from teaching band and music at PVMS, Mr. Jaeger is the director of the 728 Cadets Marching Band and Drumline, open to ISD 728 students in grades 7-12. He loves to snowboard in the mountains, play drums, noodle on the guitar, and perform with the Minnesota Vikings Skol Line! |