About Randall Eyles

Randall Eyles has a long multifaceted career as a performer and educator. Shortly after his first pay gig on drum set (age 12), he started teaching his first drum student. Five years later while still in high school he was teaching more than 20 students and playing drum set gigs every weekend. More than fifty years later he still enjoys freelance gigs, teaching private students, and performing with the Virginia Grand Military Band in Alexandria, Virginia.

His publications include "Golden Age of the Xylophone", "Freckles Rag", "Mallets for Young Beginners", "Raggedy Ragtime Rags", and "Green Xylophone Rags".

David Maslanka’s “Concerto for Marimba and Band” and Floyd Werle’s “Golden Age of the Xylophone” were both commissioned and written specifically for Randall Eyles.  As marimba and xylophone soloist he has been featured on record album, cassette, compact disc recordings; television and radio broadcasts, and concert tours of the United States, Japan, the People’s Republic of China, Belgium, England, France and Germany.