Our Band Teachers!

Mr. Horn & Mr. Yaeger

These are the band Teachers! To contact a teacher,
please email both teachers at fefband@comcast.net

Justin Horn       

Warm Springs Beginning
Weibel Beginning
Weibel Intermediate

Justin currently holds an Associate of Arts Degree in Music as well as Certificates of Completion of Basic & Advanced Music Theory.

He currently attends California State University, East Bay  (Hayward, California) working on his
Bachelor of Arts degree in History.

Mr. Horn is an accomplished Percussionist and Drummer. He has played with
the Milpitas High School Jazz Band, Marching Band, Wind Ensemble,
Symphonic Band, and Orchestra. as well as the Milpitas Community Concert
 Band and Milpitas Rainbow Theater, Mission City Opera, and Lyric Theatre of San Jose. He is one of the very few drummers on
Earth to receive the Louis Armstrong Award for Outstanding Musicianship
 in the field of Jazz!

Jeff Yaeger       

Warm Springs Beginning
Warm Springs Intermediate
Warm Springs Advanced
Weibel Beginning
Weibel Intermediate
 

Jeff currently holds an Associate of Arts Degree in Music as well as Certificates of Completion of Basic & Advanced Music Theory.

He currently attends California State University, East Bay  (Hayward, California) working on his
Bachelor of Arts degree in Music.

Mr. Yaeger is a Tuba and Trombone Player. He has played with the Milpitas High
School Jazz Band, Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Orchestra, 
as well as the Milpitas Community Concert Band and Milpitas Rainbow Theater,
plus several Theatre Companies and Orchestras around the Bay Area. He was the
second person ever from Milpitas High School to receive the National School
Orchestra Award for Outstanding Musicianship in the Orchestra!

He received the Milpitas High School Music Boosters Scholarship.

He received the Mullter Scholarship for Lyric Theatre of San Jose (Gilbert & Sullivan Society of San Jose)

Jeff has attended the 2005 Conducting workshop at Travis Air Force Base got to conduct the United States Air Force Band!

In 2006 Jeff was Music Director for the Milpitas Rainbow Theatre Spring Musical "Fame."

Jeff currently plays  Bass Trombone with the San Jose Wind Symphony.

Jeff played Tuba at the 2005 All-State Community College Honor band and Band Directors Conference.

Jeff is currently the Brass & Percussion Orchestra Manager for Lyric Theatre of San Jose.

"I hope everyone had a pleasant summer! I am looking forward to a very fun
and successful year."

-Jeff Yaeger