[3] During his years with BBC NOW, Eager performed and premiered several concerti for trombone and orchestra including: In 2005 Eager was awarded a scholarship to the Orkney Conducting course with Martyn Brabbins, which brought him into a conducting career.
[6] He is currently: Eager is a conductor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Eager is an advisor, clinician and senior music examiner for Trinity College London and was appointed 2005.
2006 – Eager was the subject of a major feature in Classical Music Magazine.
[9] 2010 – The International Trombone Association produced a CD of four trombone concerti performed by Eager and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales including the world premieres of John Pickard 'The Spindle of Necessity' 1998, Alun Hoddinott 'Concerto' 2004 and the premier recording of Jean Françaix 'Concerto for Trombone and Ten Winds' 1995.