Originally from Kenosha, Wisconsin, Dr. Robert Cesario came to Missouri University Of Science and Technology from Bucknell University where he served as Visiting Director of Bands.  Previous to Bucknell he was Visiting Director of Bands at  Texas Lutheran University following his service as Director of Bands at both Rice University and the Huntsville Independent School District.  He held the position of Coordinator of Music for the Tulsa Public Schools from 1990 to 1998 where he managed Oklahoma’s largest public school music program.

     With twenty years of college teaching experience and ten years of public school education and administration, his roles have been diverse and demonstrate a variety of talents.  He has conducted college and high school wind ensembles, concert bands, jazz ensembles and marching bands, and taught courses such as conducting, wind literature, music education, theory, history, and applied woodwinds. Dr. Cesario is also an accomplished soloist and performer on clarinet and saxophone in concert, jazz, and commercial venues across the United States, Europe, Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean. 

     Recent professional service includes TMEA District XXIII College Chair, Vice President of the WAC Mountain West Conference Band Director’s Association, Secretary of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and he has played an active role in the commissioning of works by several composers.  He was inducted into Beta Chapter of Phi Beta Mu, the International Bandmasters Fraternity in 1988.