Robert Meunier is Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Percussion at Drake University where he is the conductor of the wind symphony and marching band, and director of percussion studies. His musical interpretations and programming have received consistent praise from composers, music critics and audience members. Meunier is in demand as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator, and is a contributing author to four volumes of Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, and Teaching Music Through Performing Marches. He has appeared in concert throughout the United States, and in Sweden, Canada and Mexico. In 2005, Meunier was honored by Drake as the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher of the Year.

A member of the percussion section of the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, Meunier has experiences in orchestral, jazz, show, solo performance and recording. He includes Don Rickles, Robert Goulet, the Smothers Brothers, Red Skelton, Roger Williams and the Temptations among his numerous performance credits.

Meunier holds a Bachelor of Science in music education from the University of Mary, a Master of Music in percussion performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has pursued doctoral studies in wind conducting at the University of North Texas. He is a past-president of the South Central Iowa Bandmasters Association and the Iowa Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society and a member of the College Band Directors National Association, Iowa Bandmasters Association, Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society and an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.