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Dr. David P. Eyler has been the
Director of Percussion Studies at Concordia College since the fall of
1987. He is
director of The Concordia
Percussion Ensemble and
Marimba Choir. These
two groups
have released two compact discs: Wood, Metal, Skin and Christmas
Favorites. Before being appointed to the first
full-time percussion
position at Concordia, Dr. Eyler served in the unique position of
Tri-College
Percussionist for the consortium of North Dakota State University,
Minnesota
State University Moorhead and Concordia College from 1987 to 2000. Dr.
Eyler has a broad background in both public school and college teaching. He has directed elementary
through high
school concert and marching bands, university wind ensembles and
orchestras,
been acting director of percussion studies at Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, and director of the Concordia College Jazz Ensemble. As
a professional performer,
Dr. Eyler is Principal Timpanist of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony
Orchestra where
he premiered and recorded the Concerto for Timpani and
Orchestra that
he commissioned of composer Russell
Peterson. During
his tenure with
the FM Symphony, Eyler has also been featured as marimba soloist, has
conducted
the orchestra, served two consecutive terms on the Board of Trustees
and
chaired the Orchestra Committee.
He has also been Principal Percussionist of the Baton
Rouge Symphony
Orchestra and the Baton Rouge Opera, and has performed with the
Columbus
(Ohio), Lake Charles, Rapides, and Potomac Symphony Orchestras. Dr.
Eyler has been active as a
clinician and adjudicator for marching band festivals, all-state band
and
orchestra festivals as well as district and state solo and ensemble
contests throughout
the United States. Dr.
Eyler
earned his degrees from Louisiana State University, The Ohio State
University
and Frostburg State University, and attended the Peabody Conservatory
of Music. He is
also an Educational
Clinician/Endorser for Mike
Balter Mallets, Encore Mallets, Grover
Pro-Percussion, Pro-Mark
Sticks
and Sabian Cymbals.
Dr. Eyler will host
his nineteenth Day of Percussion on April 5, 2008.
Previous events have been so successful that he has
presented workshops at the Percussive Arts Society International
Convention
twice about organizing days of percussion and his clinic notes have
been
published by PAS. Ludwig
Music,
Music For Percussion, PerMus Publications, Pioneer Percussion, and the
Musser
Division of Selmer publish Dr. Eyler's original compositions
and
arrangements. His
articles have
appeared in The Instrumentalist Magazine,
Percussive Notes Magazine, and The
Percussionist Journal. Dr. Eyler was previously a
three-term
member of the Board of Directors of the international Percussive Arts
Society
and currently serves as President of the Minnesota Chapter
of PAS as
well as being a member of the PAS Percussion Ensemble and College
Pedagogy
Committees.
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